Nancowry language
| Nancowry | |
|---|---|
| Nang-kauri[1] | |
| Mūöt | |
| Pronunciation | [mɯːət] |
| Native to | Nicobar Islands, India |
| Region | Nancowry Island (Mūöt) |
Native speakers | 930 (2001 census)[2] |
Austroasiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | nanc1247 |
Nancowry (Nancoury, Nankwari, Mūöt) is a Nicobarese language spoken in the central Nicobar Islands. It is not mutually intelligible with the other Central Nicobarese languages, and is distantly related to Vietnamese and Khmer,
References
- ^ Edward Horace Man, 1889, A dictionary of the central Nicobarese language
- ^ Nicobarese, Central at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)