Back Nancowry (langue) French नन्कोव्री भाषा Hindi Pagsasao a Nancowry ILO नन्कोव्री भाषा Nepali Língua nancowry Portuguese ᱱᱟᱱᱠᱳᱣᱨᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ SAT 楠考里语 Chinese
| Nancowry | |
|---|---|
| Nang-kauri[1] | |
| Mūöt | |
| Pronunciation | [mɯːət] |
| Native to | Nicobar Islands, India |
| Region | Nancowry Island (Mūöt) |
Native speakers | 930 (2001 census)[2] |
Austroasiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | nanc1247 |
 Muot is classified as Critically Endangered according to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[3] | |
Nancowry (Nancoury, Nankwari, Mūöt) is a Nicobarese language spoken on the Nancowry Island in the central Nicobar Islands. It is not mutually intelligible with the other Central Nicobarese languages, and is distantly related to Vietnamese and Khmer.
- ^ Edward Horace Man, 1889, A dictionary of the central Nicobarese language
- ^ Nicobarese, Central at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 31.