Car language

Car
Pū, Pu
Pronunciation[puː]
Native toIndia
RegionNicobar Islands
Native speakers
37,000 (2005)
Latin script
Language codes
ISO 639-3caq
Glottologcarn1240
ELPCar Nicobarese
Pū is classified as Critically Endangered according to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Approximate location where Car is spoken
Approximate location where Car is spoken
Location within Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Approximate location where Car is spoken
Approximate location where Car is spoken
Location within Bay of Bengal
Coordinates: 9°11′N 92°46′E / 9.19°N 92.77°E / 9.19; 92.77

Car (Pū) is the most widely spoken Nicobarese language of the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal.

Although a member of the Austroasiatic language family, it is typologically much more akin to nearby Austronesian languages such as Nias and Acehnese, with which it forms a linguistic area. Car is a VOS language and somewhat agglutinative. There is a quite complicated verbal suffix system with some infixes, as well as distinct genitive and "interrogative" cases for nouns and pronouns.

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