Nicobarese, Southern

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
nik
Alternate Names
Nicobara
User Population

7,500 (2001 census). 350 on Little Nicobar Island, 7,570 total on Great Nicobar, about 400 of these are Shom Peng [sii].

Location

Andaman and Nicobar Islands state: Little Nicobar and outer Great Nicobar islands.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Nicobar, Great Nicobar
Dialects

Condul (Kondul), Great Nicobar, Little Nicobar, Milo.

Language Use

Also use English [eng].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 46% for Scheduled Tribes in Nicobar District. 72% for Nicobar (2001 census).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Nicobarese, Southern
Other Comments

Hindu, Muslim, traditional religion.