Infobox language name Central Nicobarese nativename Nancowry, Camorta, Katchal familycolor Austro Asiatic states India region Camorta , Nancowry , Katchal , & Trinket Island Trinket Islands, Nicobars speakers 10,100 date 2001 date census fam2 NicobareselanguagesNicobarese dia1 Camorta Trinkut, IPA la fu l dia2 Nancowry IPA na n.k uri dia3 Katchal Tehnu iso3 ncb linglist ncb nan lingname Nancowry linglist2 ncb kat lingname2 Katchal linglist3 ncb cam lingname3 Camorta Central Nicobarese is a group of Nicobareselanguages spoken on the Nicobar Islands . The varieties spoken on the various islands apart from Trinket are not mutually intelligible, and are considered separate languages Nancowry Camorta Katchal Tehnu Each constitutes approx. one third of speakers. nowiki nowiki The c is pronounced k in Nancowry and Camorta. Category Languages of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands AustroAsiatic lang stub ... more details
Town IInd Cross Wheelers Road Pl ref See also Shompen people Nicobar Islands Nicobareselanguages References reflist External links cite web url http www.andaman.org NICOBAR text.htm title Nicobarese and Shompen publisher The Andaman Association accessdate July 2011 DEFAULTSORT Nicobarese People Category ...Infobox Ethnic group image group Nicobarese poptime popplace Nicobar Islands rels Christianity 98 , Islam 2 Both Christian and Muslim Nicobarese incorporate elements of their primitive animistic religion ... people The Nicobarese people are a Mon Khmer speaking people of the Nicobar Islands , a chain of 19 ... island is Great Nicobar . The term Nicobarese refers to the dominant tribes of the Nicobar Islands. On each island, the people have specific names, but together they are the Nicobarese. They call themselves Holchu , which means friend . Citation needed date August 2011 History The Nicobarese ... of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands . Language The Nicobarese language is part of the Austro Asiatic language family. All of the different islands speak different dialects of the Nicobarese language . The separate ... was taught to them by a man named John Richardson who translated the New Testament into Nicobarese. Besides Christianity, other Nicobarese follow the traditional religion of the islands, which is animistic ... after their death when their soul leaves their body and the ghosts of all the Nicobarese are all ... File Crafts Museum New Delhi 3 Sep 2010 11.JPG thumb right A traditional Nicobar hut The Nicobarese are headed by a chief called Rani or queen . The first Rani of the Nicobarese was Islon who married ... with either of the couples parents. The Nicobarese men value the women economically because they not only ... that they climb up to get into the huts that they bring in at night. Economy The Nicobarese have ..., make pottery, and make canoes. Many of the older Nicobarese are illiterate, however today the younger Nicobarese receive free education through the government. As more Nicobarese become educated they receive ... more details
Infobox language name Southern Nicobarese nativename Sambelong states India region Little Nicobar , Great Nicobar speakers The Ethnologue 16 figure of 57,500 is confirmed as a typographic error. 7,500 date 2001 ethnicity familycolor Austro Asiatic fam2 NicobareselanguagesNicobarese iso3 nik Southern Nicobarese , also known as Nicobara , Great Nicobarese , and Sambelong , is a Nicobarese language , spoken on the Sambelong sc aka Southern Nicobar Islands of Little Nicobar , Great Nicobar , and a couple small neighboring islands, Kondul Island Kondul and Pulo Milo Milo Island . Each is said to have its own dialect, as does the Tafwap region of Little Nicobar, though Kondul was evacuated to Great Nicobar after the 2004 tsunami . See also Shompen languages , also spoken on Great Nicobar Category Languages of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands AustroAsiatic lang stub ... more details
that recently discovered morphological similarities between NicobareselanguagesNicobarese and Austronesian ... family proposed language family child1 Austro Asiatic languages Austro Asiatic child2 Austronesian languages Austronesian or Austro Tai languages Austro Tai child3 ? Hmong Mien languages Hmong Mien child4 Ainu languages Ainu rarely included child5 Nihali language Nihali rarely included child6 Ongan languages Ongan rarely included The Austric language superfamily is a large hypothetical grouping of languages primarily spoken in Southeast Asia , the Pacific , and the eastern Indian subcontinent . It includes the Austronesian languages Austronesian language family of Taiwan , the Malay Archipelago , Pacific Islands , and Madagascar , as well as the Austro Asiatic languages Austro Asiatic .... Related proposals include Sino Austronesian languages Sino Austronesian Laurent Sagart , Austro Tai languages Austro Tai Paul K. Benedict , and Den Caucasian languages Den Caucasian Sergei Starostin ... hypothesis to include the Tai Kadai languages and the Hmong Mien languages Hmong Mien Miao Yao languages. Despite the tenuous lexical evidence, the relationship of Austronesian with either Austro ... other linguistic macrofamilies, including Den Caucasian languages Sino Caucasian , Eurasiatic languages Eurasiatic , and Afroasiatic languages Afroasiatic since no detailed proto Austric glossaries or equally ... to include the Ainu languages and possibly the Nihali language though this is currently not a mainstream ... with the Ongan languages but not other Andamanese languages has also been suggested Blevins 2007 ... commonly accepted one. Hmong Mien languages are occasionally included, but are often rejected from the Austric super family. clade label1 Austric 1 clade 1 Hmong Mien languages Hmong Mien ? 2 clade 1 Austro Asiatic languages Austro Asiatic label2 Austro Tai languages Austro Tai 2 clade 1 Austronesian languages Austronesian 2 Tai Kadai ... more details
. ref name Aslian characteristics and usage. The nearest relatives to the Aslian languages are Monic languages Monic and Nicobarese . ref name Why are Aslian speakers Austronesian in culture. Blench ... fam2 Nuclear Mon Khmer ? fam3 Nico Monic? fam4 Asli Monic? child1 Jahaic languages Jahaic child2 Senoic languages Senoic child3 Semelaic languages Semelaic child4 Jah Hut language Jah Hut child5 ? Shompen languages Shompen The Aslian languages are the original languages of the Orang Asli , the aboriginal ... languages . Aslian languages recognized by the Malaysian administration include Kensiu, Kintaq, Jehai ... Jenner et al Part I, pp. 37 128 ref History & Origin Aslian languages originally appeared on the western ... meeting for ICAL 3, Siem Reap. ref There is a possibility the early Monic and Nicobarese people may have had contact with the migrants who moved into the Malay Peninsula from further north. Aslian languages ... evidence for the succession of cultures in the region. Classification Jahaic languages ... Kensiu Mos , Kintaq language Kintaq Kentaqbong Semelaic languages Semelaic Southern Mah Meri ... Beri Senoic languages Senoic Sakai, Central Semai language Semai , Temiar language Temiar , Lanoh ... peoples of Malaya speak Aboriginal Malay languages Jakun language Jakun , Orang Kanaq language ... ref name Minor syllabic vocalism in Senoic languages. Diffloth, Gerard.1976a. Minor syllably vocalism in Senoic languages. In Jenner et al., Vol. I, pp 229 2480 ref Disyllabic more morphologically complex ... , 2004. Aslian languages , Aslian characteristics and usage. , The encyclopedia of Malaysia, volume 12 Languages and literatures, Kuala Lumpur. Archipelago Press, pp. 46 49 ref In most Aslian languages ... lengthening tree ref name Minor syllabic vocalism in Senoic languages. Vowels A typical Aslian vowel ... The functional load of the nasal oral contrast is not very high in Aslian languages ..., especially on vowels preceded by h or . Phonemic vowel length has been retained in Senoic languages ... more details
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languages Formosan several primary branches child5 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian perhaps ... Malayo Polynesian languages. legend 006e7c Philippine languages Philippine not shown Yami language Yami in Taiwan legend 268000 Sama Bajaw languages Sama Bajaw legend 11ff00 North Sulawesi Gorontalo languages Gorontalo , Sangiric languages Sangir Minahasan languages Minahasan legend ffa74d Bornean languages Bornean legend b33b49 Sunda Sulawesi languages Sunda Sulawesi not shown Chamorro language Chamorro legend a49800 Central Malayo Polynesian legend 85277f Halmahera Cenderawasih languages Halmahera Cenderawasih legend ff60c5 the westernmost Oceanic languages The only demonstrated groups ... mapcaption2 The branches of the Oceanic languages legend FF8000 Admiralties and Yapese legend FFD200 ... languages Palauan and Chamorro language Chamorro . The black circles in with the green are offshore Papuan languages. The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout ... on continental Asia that are spoken by about 386 million people. It is on par with Indo European languages Indo European , Niger Congo languages Niger Congo , Afroasiatic languages Afroasiatic and Uralic languages Uralic as one of the best established ancient language families. Otto Dempwolff , a German .... The family is aptly named, as the vast majority of Austronesian languages are spoken on islands only a few languages, such as Malay language Malay and the Chamic languages , are indigenous language indigenous to mainland Asia. Many Austronesian languages have very few speakers, but the major Austronesian languages are spoken by tens of millions of people and one Austronesian language, Indonesian ... in the world. Also, some Austronesian languages are official language s of their respective countries see the list of Austronesian languages . Different sources count languages differently, but Austronesian ... fifth of the languages counted. The geographical span of Austronesian was the largest of any language ... more details
Siberian languages may refer to any languages spoken in Siberia, including the Eskimo Aleut languages spoken in Siberia the Mongolic languages spoken in Siberia the Paleosiberian languages the Siberian Turkic languages the Russian dialects spoken in Siberia the Tungusic languages spoken in Siberia the Uralic languages spoken in Siberia disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Many languages are indigenous to Oceania they belong to several families. The Austronesian languages Austronesian family is the most common, found throughout many Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Australia is home to many diverse families of Languages of Australia indigenous languages Pama Nyungan languages Gunwinyguan languages Macro Pama Nyungan languages Southwest Pama Nyungan languages Bunaban languages 2 languages in two branches Daly languages 11 19 languages in four branches, including Murrinh Patha language Murrinh Patha Limilngan languages 2 languages, extinct? Djeragan languages 3 5 languages in two branches Nyulnyulan languages 4 8 languages in one branch Wororan languages 7 12 languages in three branches Indo Pacific languages Andaman languagesLanguages of Papua New Guinea Tasmanian languages Also, the languages of European settlers and colonial powers are common in the region, such as English in Australia and New Zealand , Spanish language Spanish in Easter Island , and French in New Caledonia , etc. There are also creole language creoles formed from the interaction of the European and indigenous languages, such as Tok Pisin , Hawaiian Pidgin , Norfuk and Pitkern . See also List of extinct languages of Oceania Navboxes list Languages of Oceania Countries and languages lists DEFAULTSORT Languages Of Oceania Category Languages of Oceania Au lang stub bn ru ... more details
Infobox language family name Awan region Colombia and Ecuador familycolor American fam1 Barbacoan languages Barbacoan sil 904 16 The Awan languages are Barbacoan languages that include the Awa Pit language and the Pasto languages spoken in Ecuador and Colombia . Pasto is extinct. DEFAULTSORT Awan Languages Category Awan languages Category Languages of Ecuador Category Barbacoan languages Category Endangered indigenous languages of the Americas Na lang stub es Lenguas ahuanas mk ... more details
Infobox language family name Bel region Northern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 North New Guinea languages North New Guinea ? fam6 Ngero Vitiaz languages Ngero Vitiaz child1 Astrolabe languages child2 Nuclear Bel languages sil 2324 16 The eight Bel languages form a group of Austronesian languages of northern Papua New Guinea . Components Astrolabe languages Nuclear Bel languages DEFAULTSORT Bel Languages Category Western Oceanic languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Au lang stub ... more details
The languages of the Bomberai Peninsula of Indonesian New Guinea fall into several groups West Bomberai languages Papuan, west and south Irarutu language Austronesian, most of the interior North Bomberai languages Austronesian, off the coast Bedoanas Erokwanas languages minor Austronesian languages labeled Bomberai in Ethnologue dab ... more details
Infobox language family name Astrolabe region Madang Province , Papua New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 North New Guinea languages North New Guinea ? fam6 Ngero Vitiaz languages Ngero Vitiaz fam7 Bel languages Bel sil 2325 16 The three Astrolabe languages form a small group of Austronesian languages of Madang Province , Papua New Guinea Awad Bing language Awad Bing , Mindiri language Mindiri , Wab language Wab DEFAULTSORT Astrolabe Languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Category Western Oceanic languages Au lang stub hr Astrolabski jezici ... more details
Infobox language family name Kowan familycolor Papuan region Madang Province fam1 Trans New Guinea fam2 Madang languages Madang fam3 Southern Adelbert Range Kowan sil 2440 16 The Kowan languages are a small family of languages spoken in the Adelbert Range area of Madang Province , Papua New Guinea . The languages are Waskia language Waskia , with 20,000 speakers, and Korak language Korak , with 500. DEFAULTSORT Kowan Languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Category Kowan languages pa lang stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Mahakam altname Barito Mahakam region south Borneo , Madagascar familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Barito languages Barito The Mahakam or Barito Mahakam languages are a couple closely related Dayak languages Dayak Austronesian languages Austronesian languages of Borneo Ampanang language Ampanang , Tunjung language Tunjung Category Barito languages au lang stub fr Langues barito mahakam hr Mahakam jezici it Lingue barito mahakam mk ... more details
Infobox language family name Banggi region Sabah familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Bornean languages Bornean ? fam4 Sabahan languages Sabahan The Banggi languages also Bangay are a pair of languages, Bonggi language Bonggi and Molbog language Molbog , spoken in Sabah on Borneo , on Palawan in the Philippines, and on the islands in between. External links Ethnologue bdg Category Sabahan languages Category Languages of the Philippines Category Article Feedback 5 au lang stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Bekati altname region Borneo ethnicity Bidayuh familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Indo Melanesian languages Indo Melanesian fam4 Bornean languages Bornean ? fam5 Land Dayak languages Land Dayak Bekati is a group of Bidayuh Dayak languages of Borneo Bekati language Bekati Bekatiq , Sara language Indonesia Sara , Lara language Lara Rara Category Land Dayak languages Category Languages of Indonesia au lang stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Sabahan altname region Sabah , Borneo familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Indo Melanesian languages Indo Melanesian fam4 Bornean languages Bornean ? The Sabahan languages are a group of Austronesian languages centered on the Bornean province of Sabah . Languages The constituents from Blust 1991 mentioned explicitly in Adelaar & Himmelmann 2005 are, Banggi languages Banggi 2 Dusunic languages Dusunic 15 Paitanic languages Paitanic 4 Ida an language Ida an Murutic languages Murutic 7 Tidong languages Tidong 5 A 2008 analysis of the Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database fully supported the unity of Murutic languages Murutic and Ida an language Ida an . However, the other branches were not considered. References K. Alexander Adelaar and Nikolaus Himmelmann, The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar. Routledge, 2005. http language.psy.auckland.ac.nz austronesian research.php Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database Category Sabahan languages au lang stub fr Langues sabahanes mk ... more details
merge A posteriori languages date April 2011 This is the article about constructed languages. For other uses of the term a priori, see a priori . An a priori language is any constructed language whose vocabulary is not based on existing languages, unlike a posteriori languages a posteriori constructed languages. Examples of a priori languages include Ro language Ro , Solresol , Mirad , Klingon language Klingon , and Na vi language Na vi . By contrast, a posteriori languages are ones whose vocabulary is based on existing languages, either as a variation of one language e.g., Latino sine flexione or as a mixture of various languages. Some a priori languages are designed to be international auxiliary language s that remove what could be considered an unfair learning advantage for native speakers of a source language that would otherwise exist for a posteriori languages. Some a priori languages try to categorize their vocabulary, either to express an underlying philosophy or to make it easier to recognize new vocabulary. These are also known as philosophical language philosophical or taxonomic languages . References Alan Libert, A Priori Artificial LanguagesLanguages of the World 24. Munich Lincom Europa, 2000 . ISBN 3895866679. Constructed languages Category Constructed languages A priori Languages conlang stub eo Apriora lingvo hu A priori nyelvek ja pl J zyki aprioryczne pt L ngua artificial a priori ru simple A priori languages ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In linguistics, Melanesian is an obsolete term referring to the Austronesian languages of Melanesia that is, the Oceanic languages Oceanic , Eastern Malayo Polynesian , or Central Eastern Malayo Polynesian languages depending on conception clarify date May 2012 apart from Polynesian languages Polynesian and Micronesian languages Micronesian though Fijian languages Fijian was typically included . The Papuan languages were also recognized as distinct. A typical classification of the Austronesian languages ca. 1970 would divide them into something like the following branches Formosan languages Northern AN Hesperonesian languages Western AN Melanesian languages Central Eastern AN Micronesian languages Polynesian languages It is now known that the Melanesian languages do not form a genealogical node they are at best paraphyletic , and very likely polyphyletic . Although the term was at least in the beginning partially racial rather than linguistic, the Melanesian languages arguably refnec share the property of being Austronesian languages that have been most heavily restructured under the influence of various Papuan language families. date May 2012 DEFAULTSORT Melanesian Languages Category Languages lt Melanezie i kalbos pl J zyki melanezyjskie ru ... more details
Infobox language family name Popolocan region Oaxaca , Mexico familycolor American fam1 Oto Manguean languages Oto Manguean fam2 Eastern Oto Mangue fam3 Popolocan Zapotecan child1 Chochotec Chocho Popoloca languages Popoloca child2 Ixcatec language Ixcatec a single language child3 Mazatecan languages Mazatecan sil 1874 16 The Popolocan languages are a subfamily of the Oto Manguean languages Oto Manguean language family of Mexico , spoken mainly in the state of Puebla . The Popolocan languages should not be confused with the languages called Popoluca spoken in the state of Veracruz , which belong to the unrelated Mixe Zoquean languages Mixe Zoquean language family. The term comes from the Nahuatl language and means to speak unintelligibly, which is why Nahuatl speakers called several different unrelated languages Popol ca . The Nahuatl term was later adopted by the Spanish. The convention now is that the Oto Manguean languages are referred to as Popoloca and the Mixe Zoquean languages are referred to as Popoluca , although the latter term is falling into disuse. The Popolocan languages are subdivided into the Chocho Popolocan languages, including the Chocho language and seven distinct varieties of Popoloca languages Popoloca . the Ixcatec language the Mazatecan languages including a number of related languages called Mazatec External links http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 1874 16 Ethnologue report for Popolocan Category Popolocan languages Category Endangered Oto Manguean languages Na lang stub br Yezho popolokanek fr Langues popolocas ... more details
Infobox language family name Tongic region Tonga and Niue familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Central Pacific languages Central Pacific fam5 Polynesian languages Polynesian child1 Tongan language Tongan child2 Niuean language Niuean The family of Tongic languages is a small group of the Polynesian languages . It consists of at least two languages, Tongan language Tongan and Niuean language Niuean , and possibly a third, Niuafo ou language Niuafo ouan . See also Tonga Niue External links http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 159 Ethnologue family tree for Tongic Category Tongic languages Category Polynesian languages Category Languages of Tonga au lang stub fi Tongalaiset kielet th ... more details
Infobox language family name Korap region Northern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 North New Guinea languages North New Guinea ? fam6 Ngero Vitiaz languages Ngero Vitiaz fam7 ? sil 2313 16 The three Korap languages form a group of Austronesian languages of northern Papua New Guinea Arop Lukep language Arop Lukep , Karnai language Karnai , Malasanga language Malasanga DEFAULTSORT Korap Languages Category Western Oceanic languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Au lang stub ... more details
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