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 Nicobarese - Definition 

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.


Nicobarese (Car)
Spoken in: India
Region: Nicobar Islands
First language speakers: 22,100
Second language speakers: -
Ranking: Not in top 100
Genetic
classification:
Austro-Asiatic

  Mon-Khmer
   Nicobar
   Car

Official status
Official language of: -
Regulated by: -
Language codes
ISO 639-1-
ISO 639-2mkh
SILCAQ



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