Infobox Language family name Nicobarese region Nicobar Islands familycolor Austro Asiatic fam2 Nuclear Mon Khmer fam3 Nico Monic iso2 mkh Nicobarese redirects here. For the indigenous peoples, see Nicobar Islands . The Nicobareselanguages form an isolated group of six closely related Mon Khmer languages , spoken by the majority of the inhabitants of the Nicobar Islands of India . They have a total of about 30,000 speakers 22,100 native . The majority of Nicobarese speakers use the Car language . They appear to be unrelated to the Shompen languages of the indigenous peoples indigenous inhabitants of the interior of Great Nicobar island. The morphological similarities between Nicobarese and Austronesian languages have been used to help support the Austric hypothesis . A monograph titled A study on the Nicobarese Language authored by A R Das, is available from the Anthropological Survey of India offices across India. NicobareseLanguages Bompoka language Bompoka Car language Car Central Nicobarese language Central Nicobarese Dialects Camorta, Katchal, Nancowry, Trinkut Chaura language Chaura Southern Nicobarese language Southern Nicobarese Dialects Condul, Great Nicobar, Little Nicobar, Milo, Sambelong, Tafwap Teressa language Teressa Shompen languages Shompen Further reading Adams, K. L. 1989 . Systems of numeral classification in the Mon Khmer, Nicobarese and Aslian subfamilies of Austroasiatic . Canberra, A.C.T., Australia Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 0858833735 Radhakrishnan, R. 1981 . The Nancowry Word Phonology, Affixal Morphology and Roots of a Nicobarese Language . Current Inquiry Into Language and Linguistics 37. Linguistic Research Inc., P.O. Box 5677, Station L , Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6C 4G1. ISBN 0 88783 041 2 External links http www.andaman.org NICOBAR text.htm The Nicobarese by Dr. Simron Jit Singh AustroAsiatic lang stub Category Mon Khmer languages Category Languages of the Andaman ... more details
Wikify date October 2010 The Nicobarese people are a Mon Khmer speaking people of the Nicobar Islands . The Nicobarese are from the Nicobar Islands which are a chain of 19 islands in the Bay of Bengal. Only 12 of the 19 islands are inhabited, the largest and main 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. The Nicobarese may not have been the first people to live in the islands, they appear to have shared the islands with those of Malay descent and then as years passed the Shompen came to the islands. The islands have been under the power of Asia, in the 16th century, Great Britain, from 1869 1947, and then in 1947 they were under power of India. Today they are administered by India as part of the UnionTerritory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Nicobarese are part of the Austro Asiatic language family. All of the different islands speak different dialects of the Nicobarese language. The separate islands are categorized into four groups, although most of the people understand the Car dialect ... parents. The Nicobarese men value the women economically because they not only take care of household ..., which 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 ... a ghost after their death when their soul leaves their body and the ghosts of all the Nicobarese ... on the island, Shaman are called upon to handle to bad spirits. The Nicobarese have a traditionally ... 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 jobs as teachers ... Frazer Town IInd Cross Wheelers Road Pl note this DEFAULTSORT Nicobarese People Category Ethnic ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Language family name Are region Eastern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 Papuan Tip languages Papuan Tip fam6 Kilivila Nuclear Papuan Tip fam7 Are Taupota languages Are Taupota The family of Are languages is a subgroup of the Are Taupota languages . It consists of 7 language s. Components Are language Are Arifama Miniafia language Arifama Miniafia Doga language Doga Gapapaiwa language Gapapaiwa Ghayavi language Ghayavi Kaninuwa language Kaninuwa Ubir language Ubir DEFAULTSORT Are Languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Category Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Au lang stub PapuaNewGuinea stub hr Are jezici ... more details
a number of families and some unrelated isolates. Many languages have a long tradition of writing. Central and North Asian languages Altaic languages Turkic languages Turkic Azerbaijani language ... language Turkmen Uyghur language Uyghur Uzbek language Uzbek Mongolic languages Mongolic Buryat language Buryat Mongolian language Mongolian Tungusic languages Sometimes classified as Altaic languages Ainu language Ainu Japonic languages Japonic Japanese language Japanese Ryukyuan languages Ryukyuan Korean language Uralic languages Yukaghir languages Chukotko Kamchatkan languages Eskimo Aleut languages Nivkh language Nivkh Yeniseian languages East Asian See also East Asian languages Sino Tibetan languages Chinese languages Also see Languages of China Yue Chinese Cantonese Gan Chinese Gan ... Asian languages See also Classification schemes for Southeast Asian languages Sino Austronesian languages East Asian languages East Asian languages ? Austric languages ? Austro Asiatic languages Khasi language Khasi Khmer language Khmer Mon language Mon Kuy language Kuy NicobareselanguagesNicobarese Vietnamese language Vietnamese Munda languages Santali language Santali Hmong Mien languages Hmongic languages Mienic languages Tai Kadai languages Gelao language Gelao Buyang language Buyang Hlai language Hlai Zhuang language Zhuang Lao language Lao Nyaw Thai language Thai Austronesian languages Formosan languages Atayal language Atayal Paiwan language Paiwan Malayo Polynesian languages Borneo Philippines languages Cebuano language Cebuano Hiligaynon language Hiligaynon Ilokano language Ilokano Tagalog language Tagalog Nuclear Malayo Polynesian languages Cham language Cham Indonesian ... language Tetum Sino Tibetan languages Tibeto Burman languages Bodo language Bodo Burmese language Burmese Chin languages Dzongkha language Dzongkha Jingpho language Jingpho Karen language Karen Kayah language Kayah Kiranti languages Meitei language Meitei Mizo language Mizo Rahkine Tibetan language ... more details
morphological similarities between NicobareselanguagesNicobarese and Austronesian constitute ... 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 rarely included child5 Nihali language rarely included child6 Ongan languages rarely included The Austric language superfamily is a large theoretical grouping of languages primarily ... the Austronesian languages Austronesian language family of Taiwan , the Malay Archipelago , Pacific Islands , and Madagascar , as well as the Austro Asiatic languages Austro Asiatic language family of Indochina ... include Sino Austronesian languages Sino Austronesian Laurent Sagart , Austro Tai languages Austro Tai Paul K. Benedict , and Den Caucasian languages Den Caucasian Sergei Starostin . History The Austric ... to include the Tai Kadai languages and the Hmong Mien languages Hmong Mien Miao Yao languages. Despite ..., including Den Caucasian languages Sino Caucasian , Eurasiatic languages Eurasiatic , and Afroasiatic languages Afroasiatic since no detailed proto Austric glossaries or equally detailed ... languages and possibly the Nihali language though this is currently not a mainstream view. ref http jdbengt.net articles Austric.pdf The Greater Austric Hypothesis ref A relationship with the Ongan languages but not other Andamanese languages has also been suggested Blevins 2007 . Classification schemes ... 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 languages Tai Kadai ... Mien languages Hmong Mien 2 Austro Asiatic languages Austro Asiatic label2 ... more details
Shompen 20paper.pdf Manuscript, 2007. Category Language isolates Category Unclassified languages Category Languages of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ko id Bahasa Shompen ru ... more details
relatives to the Aslian languages are Monic and Nicobarese ref name Why are Aslian speakers ... Austro Asiatic 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 The Aslian languages are the original languages of the Orang Asli , the aboriginal inhabitants of Malay Peninsula Malaya and peninsular Thailand , and a branch of the Mon Khmer languages , in the Austro Asiatic languages Austro Asiatic language family . Aslian languages recognized by the Malaysian ... Aslian languages originally appeared on the western side of the main mountains and eventually ... Monic and Nicobarese people may have had contact with the migrants who moved into the Malay Peninsula from further north. Aslian languages can be said represent a complex palimpsest of loanwords ... Jahaic languages Jahaic Chewong , Batek , Tonga, Mos, Kensiu , Kentaqbong, Jahai, Menriq, Mintil Semelaic languages Semelaic Mah Meri, Semelai, Temoq, Semoq Beri Senoic languages Senoic ... Aboriginal Malay languages Jakun language Jakun , Orang Kanaq language Orang Kanaq , Orang Seletar ... in Senoic languages. Diffloth, Gerard.1976a. Minor syllably vocalism in Senoic languages. In Jenner .... ref name Aslian characteristics and usage. Asmah Hji Omar volume editor , 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, Aspiration phonetics aspirated ... syllabic vocalism in Senoic languages. Vowels A typical Aslian system is displayed by Northern Temiar ... of the nasal oral contrast is not very high in Aslian languages not many minimal pairs can be cited ... or . Phonemic vowel length has been retained in Senoic languages such as Semai , Temiar and Sabum ... languages, by developing new contrasts elsewhere. Diphthongization is not as obvious in Aslian languages ... more details
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The Zunda languages are a group of related languages that, along with Tekela languages , are a subdivision of the Nguni languages Nguni branch belonging to the larger Bantu languages Bantu family . Zunda languages include Zulu language Zulu 10 million Xhosa language Xhosa 8 million Northern Ndebele language Northern Ndebele or Zimbabwean Ndebele 1,6 million nc lang stub Category Languages of South Africa Category Southern Bantu languages Nguni languages Zunda languages ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 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 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
Finnic languages usually means the Baltic Finnic languages , but may also refer to some other groupings of Uralic languages Finno Permic languages Finno Volgaic languages Volga Finnic languages only a geographic category Baltic Finnic languages See also Uralic languages Classification of languages disambig ar ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 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 mk ... more details
Infobox Language family name Nyima region Sudan familycolor Nilo Saharan fam2 Eastern Sudanic languages Eastern Sudanic fam3 Astaboran languages Astaboran The Nyima languages are a pair of languages of Sudan spoken by the Nyimang that are part of the Eastern Sudanic languages Eastern Sudanic family of Nilo Saharan languages . The languages are Ama language Ama Nyimang and Dinik language Dinik Afitti . ns lang stub Category Eastern Sudanic languages br Yezho tamek mk ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes 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 Template group list Languages of Oceania Countries and languages lists DEFAULTSORT Languages Of Oceania Category Languages of Oceania Au lang stub bn ru ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Language family name Kairiru region Northern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 Schouten languages Schouten fam6 Kairiru Manam languages Kairiru Manam The three Kairiru languages form a group of Austronesian languages in northern Papua New Guinea . They are Kaiep language Kaiep , Kairiru language Kairiru , and Terebu language Terebu . DEFAULTSORT Kairiru Languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Category Western Oceanic languages PapuaNewGuinea stub Au lang stub ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 Infobox Language family name Mengen 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 ? The three Mengen languages form a group of Austronesian languages of northern Papua New Guinea . Components Lote language Lote Mamusi language Mamusi Mengen language Mengen DEFAULTSORT Mengen Languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Category Western Oceanic languages Au lang stub ... more details
The Tekela languages are a group of related languages that, along with Zunda languages , are a subdivision of the Nguni languages Nguni branch belonging to the larger Bantu languages Bantu family . Tekela languages include Swazi language Swazi 3 million Phuthi language Phuthi ref Donnelly 2007 Chapter 1 2007 1 61 addresses linguistic properties of Nguni. ref 20,000 Bhaca language Bhaca ref See Archibald Campbell Jordan Jordan 1942. ref , Hlubi language Hlubi , Cele language Cele and Lala language Lala . Reflist nc lang stub Category Languages of South Africa Category Southern Bantu languages Nguni languages Tekela languages ... more details
Infobox Language family name Hote 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 Huon Gulf languages Huon Gulf fam8 South Huon Gulf languages South Huon Gulf fam9 Hote Buang languages Hote Buang The two Hote languages of the Huon Gulf area, Papua New Guinea , form a group of Hote Buang languages . Components Hote language Hote Yamap language Yamap External links http www.ethnologue.org show family.asp?subid 91715 Ethnologue report for Hote languages Category Western Oceanic languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea au lang stub ... more details
Infobox Language family name Mumeng 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 Huon Gulf languages Huon Gulf fam7 South Huon Gulf languages South Huon Gulf fam8 Hote Buang languages Hote Buang fam9 Buang languages Buang The five Mumeng languages of the Huon Gulf area, Papua New Guinea , form a group of Buang languages . Components Dambi language Dambi Gorakor language Gorakor Kumalu language Kumalu Patep language Patep Zenag language Zenag External links http www.ethnologue.org show family.asp?subid 91648 Ethnologue report for Mumeng languages Category Western Oceanic languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea au lang stub ... more details
Infobox Language family name Mandara altname Mandara proper region Cameroon , Nigeria familycolor Afro Asiatic fam1 Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic fam2 Chadic languages Chadic fam3 Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara fam4 Biu Mandara A languages A fam5 Mandara Lamang languages Mandara Lamang child1 Mandara language Mandara child2 Parkwa language Parkwa child3 Glavda languages Glavda group The Mandara languages belong to the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic family and are spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria . ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 90828 Ethnologue entry for Mandara languages Category Biu Mandara languages Category Languages of Cameroon Category Languages of Nigeria Cameroon stub Nigeria stub BiuMandara lang stub ... more details
Infobox Language family name Glavda region Nigeria familycolor Afro Asiatic fam1 Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic fam2 Chadic languages Chadic fam3 Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara fam4 Biu Mandara A languages A fam5 Mandara Lamang languages Mandara Lamang fam6 Mandara languages Mandara The Glavda languages belong to the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic family and are spoken in Nigeria . ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref Th languages are Glavda language Glavda , Cineni language Cineni , Dghwede language Dghwede , Guduf Gava language Guduf Gava , and Gvoko language Gvoko . Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 90829 Ethnologue entry for Glavda languages Category Biu Mandara languages Category Languages of Nigeria BiuMandara lang stub Nigeria stub ... more details
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 The Melanesian languages are the indigenous languages of Melanesia . They include about 400 Austronesian languages parts of the Central Eastern Malayo Polynesian languages Central Eastern Malayo Polynesian family and numerous families of Papuan languages . DEFAULTSORT Melanesian Languages lt Melanezie i kalbos pl J zyki melanezyjskie ru Category Languages ... more details
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