CAQ ISO 639-3
Nicobarese, Car
Pû Autonym
A language of India
- ISO 639
- caq
- Alternate Names
- Car, Nicobar, Nicobara
- Autonym
- Pû
- Population
- 37,000 (2005).
- Location:
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands state: North Nicobar Islands, Car island.
- Language Status
- 3 (Wider communication). Lingua franca for Nicobar Islands.
- Classification
- Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Nicobar, Car
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 46% for Scheduled Tribes in Nicobar District. 72% for Nicobar (2001 census). Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1969.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Nicobarese, Car
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Andaman and Nicobar Islands state: North Nicobar Islands, Car island.
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