Nicobarese, Central
A language of India
| Population | 10,100 (2001 census). 800 Nancowry, 1,400 closely related dialects (Radhakrishnan 1981). 22,100 in all 6 Nicobarese languages (Wurm and Hattori 1981). |
| Region | Nicobar Islands, Katchal, Camorta, Nancowry, and Trinket islands. |
| Alternate names | Nicobar |
| Dialects | Camorta (Kamorta), Katchal (Kachel, Tehnu), Nancowry (Nancoury), Trinkut (Trinkat). Related to Car, Chaura [crv], Shom Peng [sii], Southern Nicobarese [nik], Teressa [teg]. “Central Nicobar” once regarded as one language but no longer generally accepted. Dialects now regarded as mutually unintelligible with the exception of Trinket and Katchal. (Parkin 1991). |
| Classification | Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Nicobar, Nancowry |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 46% for Scheduled Tribes in Nicobar District. 72% for Nicobar. Bible portions: 1884–1890. |
| Writing system | Devanagari script. Latin script. |
| Comments | Christian. |
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