alternate_names: "Nicobarese, Southern; Condul; Great Nicobar; Little Nicobar; Milo; Lo'ong; Ong; Lamongse; Lamongshe; Takahanyilang",
lang_description: "",
classification: "Austro-Asiatic; Nicobarese",
dialect_varieties: "Condul (Lamongse); Great Nicobar (Lo'ong); Little Nicobar (Ong); Milo",
public_comment: "Unclear how many of the dialects subsumed under Southern Nicobarese are languages in their own right. ",
private_comment: "",
source_id:89800,
speakers: [
{
id:29752,
code_id:10374,
speaker_number: "1000-9999",
speaker_number_text: "Approximately 7,500",
second_language_speakers: "",
semi_speakers: "",
children: "",
young_adults: "",
older_adults: "",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "",
date_of_info: "2001 (census data)",
public_comment: "350 speakers on Little Nicobar Island, 7,170 on Great Nicobar Island",
private_comment: null,
source_id:92920,
preferred:1,
},
{
id:29755,
code_id:10374,
speaker_number: "1000-9999",
speaker_number_text: "3,400",
second_language_speakers: "",
semi_speakers: "",
children: "",
young_adults: "",
older_adults: "",
elders: "",
ethnic_population: "",
date_of_info: "1991-2001 (census data)",
public_comment: ""Exact number of speakers for the Nicobar languages is difficult to determine since census figures usually indicate speakers on a specific island, not all of whom speak local languages."",