Central Nicobarese languages
- Central Nicobarese languages
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Central Nicobarese is a group of Nicobarese languages spoken on the Nicobar Islands. The varieties spoken on the various islands apart from Trinket are not mutually intelligible, and are considered separate languages:
- Nancowry
- Camorta
- Katchal (Tehnu)
Each constitutes approx. one third of speakers.
* The c is pronounced /k/ in Nancowry and Camorta.
Categories:
- Languages with Linglist but no iso3 codes
- Languages of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Austro-Asiatic language stubs
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