Nicobarese, Southern

NIK

vigorous

Alternate Names: Nicobara

Dialects: Condul (Kondul), Great Nicobar, Little Nicobar, Milo.

Genealogy:

Austro-Asiatic
Mon-Khmer
Nicobar
Great Nicobar

Demographics: 7,500 (2001 census). 350 on Little Nicobar Island, 7,570 total on Great Nicobar, about 400 of these are Shompen.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 46% for Scheduled Tribes in Nicobar District. 72% for Nicobar (2001 census).

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: Hindu, Muslim, traditional religion.