Nicobarese

Nicobarese
/nik'euh bahr"eez, -ees, -bah reez", -rees"/, n., pl. Nicobarese.
1. a member of a people or group of peoples inhabiting the Nicobar Islands.
2. the group of Austroasiatic languages spoken by the Nicobarese.
[1870-75]

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