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Name: Nicobarese, Central
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Nicobarese; Nicobar; Central Nicobarese; Nancowry; Nancoury; Zentraler Dialekt
Spoken in: India
Number of speakers: 10,100 (2001 census). 800 Nancowry, 1,400 closely related dialects (Radhakrishnan 1981). 22,100 in all 6 Nicobarese languages (Wurm and Hattori 1981) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 10000 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 2200 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: ncb
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Austro-Asiatic
Parent Subgroup: Nancowry (nanc)
Child Dialects: Katchal; Kachel; Tehnu; Kamorta - Nankwari - Trinkat - Kachal; Katchall (ncb-kat) Nancowry; Nancoury; Kamorta - Nankwari - Trinkat - Kachal; Naːn-kəuri (ncb-nan) Trinkut; Trinkat; Kamorta - Nankwari - Trinkat - Kachal; Laːfuːl (ncb-tri) Camorta; Kamorta; Kamorta - Nankwari - Trinkat - Kachal (ncb-cam)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Critically endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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