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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.
| 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 |
| Official status | |
| Official language of: | - |
| Regulated by: | - |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | mkh |
| SIL | CAQ |
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