Shom Peng

SII

vigorous

Alternate Names: Shobang, Shom Pen, Shompen, Shompeng

Dialects: None known. Distinct from other Nicobarese languages.

Genealogy:

Austro-Asiatic
Mon-Khmer
Nicobar
Shom Peng

Demographics: 400 (2004). Mainly monolingual.

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: A Scheduled Tribe. Seminomadic. Traditional religion.