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Nancowry language

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Pronunciation
  
/nɑːŋˈkaʊəri/

Region
  
Nancowry Island (Muot)

Native to
  
Nicobar Islands, India

Native speakers
  
930 (2001 census)

Language family
  
Austroasiatic Nicobarese Central Nancowry

ISO 639-3
  
ncb (Central Nicobarese)

Nancowry (Nancoury, Nankwari) is a Nicobarese language spoken in the central Nicobar Islands. It is not mutually intelligible with the other Central Nicobarese languages.

References

Nancowry language Wikipedia