Nancowry language

Nancowry
Nang-kauri[1]
Mūöt
Pronunciation[mɯːət]
Native toNicobar Islands, India
RegionNancowry Island (Mūöt)
Native speakers
930 (2001 census)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottolognanc1247

Nancowry (Nancoury, Nankwari, Mūöt) is a Nicobarese language spoken on the Nancowry Island in the central Nicobar Islands. It is not mutually intelligible with the other Central Nicobarese languages, and is distantly related to Vietnamese and Khmer.

  1. ^ Edward Horace Man, 1889, A dictionary of the central Nicobarese language
  2. ^ Nicobarese, Central at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)