Katchal language

Katchal
Katchal
Tehnu
Native to	Nicobar Islands, India
Region	Katchal & formerly Trinket Islands
Native speakers	5,700 (2001 census)
Language family	Austroasiatic Nicobarese Central Katchal; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	katc1248 Katchal; trin1269 Trinkut

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Katchal (Katchall, Katchál, Kachel), or Tehnu (Tēhnyu),^[2] is a Nicobarese language spoken in the central Nicobar Islands. Apart from the dialect of Trinket^[3] (Trinkat, Trinkut, or Lâfūl),^[2] it is not mutually intelligible with the other Central Nicobarese languages. The population of Trinket was evacuated to Nancowry and Camorta after the 2004 tsunami, and can be expected to disappear as speakers assimilate.

References[edit]

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↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Edward Horace Man, 1889, A dictionary of the central Nicobarese language
↑ Robert Parkin, 1991, A guide to austroasiatic speakers and their languages, pp 37–38

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[Man-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Edward Horace Man, 1889, A dictionary of the central Nicobarese language

[3] Robert Parkin, 1991, A guide to austroasiatic speakers and their languages, pp 37–38

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