Nicobarese

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The Nicobarese are the people of the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. They speak Nicobarese languages, which are part of the Austroasiatic language family. These languages are typically divided into four groups: North, Central, South, and Inland Great Nicobar.12

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Population composition
…of the Nicobar Islands, the Nicobarese (including the related Shompen), continued to constitute the majority of the population of the Nicobars in the early 21st century. They probably descend both from the Malays of insular and peninsular Southeast Asia and from the Mon (also called the Talaing) of Myanmar. The…
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…of the Nicobar Islands, the Nicobarese (including the related Shompen), continued to constitute the majority of the population of the Nicobars in the early 21st century. They probably descend both from the Malays of insular and peninsular Southeast Asia and from the Mon (also called the Talaing) of Myanmar. The…
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