Nicobarese is an isolated group of six closely related Mon-Khmer languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India. They have a total of about 30,000 speakers (22,100 native). The majority of Nicobarese speakers use the Car language. The Mon-Khmer languages are the autochthonous languages of Indo-China. ... Map of Nicobar Islands The Nicobar Islands are an island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean, and are part of India. ...
The morphological similarities between Nicobarese languages and Austronesian languages have been used to help prove the Austric hypothesis. The Austronesian languages are a family of languages widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. ... The Austric language superfamily is a large grouping of languages primarily spoken in South East Asia and the Pacific. ...
Mon-Khmer Nicobar Car Map of Nicobar Islands The Nicobar Islands are an island chain in the eastern Indian Ocean, and are part of India. ... This page attempts to present a list of languages by total native speakers. ... Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families (families hereforth). ... Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families (families hereforth). ... The Austroasiatic languages are a large language family of Southeast Asia and India. ... The Mon-Khmer languages are the autochthonous languages of Indo-China. ...
For, each language, for which the population figure is given in the table below, includes also some other languages, or dialects that are not explicitly presented in the table.
Presented below is an alphabetical abstract of languages and the mother tongues with strength of 10, 000 and above at the all India level, included under each language.
There are a total of 114 languages and 216 mother tongues, 18 scheduled languages and 96 not specified in the schedule.
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