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Inland Great Nicobar languages

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The Inland Great Nicobar language is one of four groups of Nicobarese languages, which are spoken on the Nicobar Islands. These languages are part of the Austroasiatic language family, specifically a branch of the Mon-Khmer family. The Nicobar Islands are an Indian union territory located in the Indian Ocean, south of the Andaman Islands. The population of the Nicobar Islands primarily consists of the Nicobarese and the Shompens, who speak various Nicobarese languages.123

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