Central Nicobarese languages

Central Nicobarese is a group of Nicobarese languages spoken by 10,000 people (as of the 2001 census) on the Nicobar Islands. The varieties spoken on the various islands apart from Trinket are not mutually intelligible, and are considered separate languages:

• Nancowry (Nankwari)
• Camorta (Kamorta)
• Katchal (Tehnu)

Central Nicobarese
Geographic distribution	Camorta, Nancowry, Katchal, & Trinket Islands, India
Native speakers	10,100 (2001)[1]
Linguistic classification	Austroasiatic Nicobarese Central Nicobarese
Subdivisions	Camorta Nancowry Katchal (Tehnu)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ncb
Glottolog	cent1990
ELP	Central Nicobarese