Nicobarese Languages

Nicobarese is an isolated group of six closely related Mon-Khmer languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India. They have a total of about 30,000 speakers (22,100 native). The majority of Nicobarese speakers use the Car language. The morphological similarities between Nicobarese languages and Austronesian languages have been used to help prove the Austric hypothesis.
colspan="2" bgcolor="pink" style="font-size:120%"|Nicobarese (Car)
valign="top"|Spoken in: India
valign="top"|Region: Nicobar Islands
valign="top"|First language speakers: 22,100
valign="top"|Second language speakers: -
valign="top"|Ranking: Not in top 100
valign="top"|Genetic
classification:
Austro-Asiatic
  Mon-Khmer
   Nicobar
   Car
colspan="2" bgcolor="pink"|Official status
valign="top"|Official language of: valign="top"|-
valign="top"|Regulated by: valign="top"|-
colspan="2" bgcolor="pink"|Language codes
a href="/encyclopedia/ISO-639" title="ISO 639">ISO 639-1 -
SO 639-2 mkh
a href="/encyclopedia/SIL" title="SIL">SIL CAQ

 

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