Southern Nicobarese language

Updated on Dec 29, 2024

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Native to India ISO 639-3 nik		Native speakers 7,500 (2001 census) Glottolog sout2689
Region Little Nicobar, Great Nicobar Language family AustroasiaticNicobareseSouthern Nicobarese

Southern Nicobarese, is a Nicobarese language, spoken on the Southern Nicobar Islands of Little Nicobar (Ong), Great Nicobar (Lo'ong), and a couple small neighboring islands, Kondul (Lamongshe) and Pulo Milo (Milo Island). Each is said to have its own dialect.

Distribution

Parmanand Lal (1977:23) reported 11 Nicobarese villages with 192 people in all, located mostly along the western coast of Great Nicobar Island. Pulo-babi village was the site of Lal's extensive ethnographic study.

Pulo-kunyi

Kopenhaiyen

Kashindon

Koye

Pulo-babi

Batadiya

Kakaiyu

Pulo-pucca

Ehengloy

Pulo-baha

Chinge

Lal (1977:104) also reported the presence of several Shompen villages in the interior of Great Nicobar Island.

Dakade (10 km northeast of Pulo-babi, a Nicobarese village; 15 persons and 4 huts)

Puithey (16 km southeast of Pulo-babi)

Tataiya (inhabited by the Dogmar River Shompen group, who had moved from Tataiya to Pulo-kunyi between 1960 and 1977)

References

Southern Nicobarese language Wikipedia

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