Nicobarese
Americannoun
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a member of a people or group of peoples inhabiting the Nicobar Islands.
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the group of Austroasiatic languages spoken by the Nicobarese.
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Origin of Nicobarese
First recorded in 1870–75
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Totalling around 1,200 people, these include the Nicobarese as well as the Shompen, hunter-gatherers who shun contact with outsiders, who Survival describes as "one of the most isolated peoples on Earth."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Manish Chandi has been one of the few to regularly visit the small villages of the Nicobarese, which are off-limits except with special permission.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
“Most Nicobarese here are now manual labourers and stay in a settlement instead of their ancestral lands,” Mr Justin says.
From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024
Social distancing, self-isolation and mask-wearing were the only protections against the virus, the Nicobarese learned.
From Scientific American • Jul. 31, 2021
The desire of the Nicobarese to learn words, and acquire the name of anything they do not know, is great, and their powers of memory are astonishing.
From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden
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