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Teressa language

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Native to
  
India

Dialects
  
Bompoka

Native speakers
  
2,100 (2001 census)

ISO 639-3
  
tef

Region
  
Teressa (Luroo) and Bompoka Islands, Nicobars

Language family
  
Austroasiatic Nicobarese Chaura–Teressa Teressa

Teressa, or Taih-Long, is one of the Nicobarese languages spoken on the Nicobar Islands in India. Bompoka dialect (Pauhut) is distinct. As of 2001, there are 2,080 speakers.

Classification

Teressa belongs to the Nicobarese branch of the Austroasiatic languages in which it forms a subgroup with the Chaura language.

References

Teressa language Wikipedia