Shompen language
Shompen, or Shom Peng is a language or group of languages spoken on Great Nicobar Island in the Indian union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the Indian Ocean, northwest of Sumatra, Indonesia.
| Shompen | |
|---|---|
| Shom Peng | |
| Region | Great Nicobar Island |
| Ethnicity | Shompen people |
Native speakers | 400 (2004) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sii |
| Glottolog | shom1245 |
| ELP | Shom Peng |
Shompen Location in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and in the Bay of Bengal. Shompen Shompen (Bay of Bengal) | |
| Coordinates: 7.02°N 93.81°E | |
Partially because the native peoples of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are protected from outside researchers, Shompen is poorly described, with most descriptions being from the 19th century and a few more recently but of poor quality. Shompen appears to be related to the other Southern Nicobarese varieties, however Glottolog considers it a language isolate.
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