ISO 639-3 · caqcaq
Austroasiatic family
Car
Car is a language of the Nicobarese languages branch (Austroasiatic), spoken in India. Wikidata counts about 37,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Austroasiatic language spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
caq- Glottocode
carn1240- Family
- Austroasiatic
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Centre point
- 9.19, 92.77
- Wikipedia
- 22 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Car |
|---|---|
| Also called | Car Nicobarese, Car language |
| All speakers | 37,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austroasiatic to Car
The branches above Car, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in India
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalhinHindiIndo-European · 615.3 m1 · NationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafebenBanglaIndo-European · 106 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmarMarathiunclassified · 77 m2 · ProvincialbhoBhojpuriIndo-European · 52.2 m4 · Educational