Alternate Names: Car, Pu
Status Notes: Lingua franca for Nicobar Islands.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 37,000 (2005).
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 46% for Scheduled Tribes in Nicobar District. 72% for Nicobar (2001 census). Dictionary. Bible: 1969.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Christian.