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Preferred term

ncbCentral Nicobarese  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Central Nicobarese languages
  • Nicobarese, Central

ISO 639-3 code

  • ncb

Notation

  • ncb

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ncb

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