Katchal (other)
Katchal may refer to: * Katchal Island, one of India's Nicobar Islands * Katchal language, an Austroasiatic language spoken in the Nicobar Islands See also * Katcha (other) * Katchalski (other) {{disambig ...
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Katchal Island
Katchal ( Hindi: कत्चल, Nicobarese: तिहन्यु, ''Tihnyu'') is one of the Nicobar Islands, India. History Katchal Island was previously known as Tihanyu. Due to the remote location and lack of exposure with the rest of the world, outsiders economically exploited the innocent islanders for a long time. To stop their economic exploitation, the Government of India declared the Nicobar Islands an Aboriginal Tribal Reserve Area (ATRA) on 2 April 1957. This made the Nicobar Islands inaccessible to outsiders and currently even Indian nationals need a special tribal pass to visit the islands. Only Government Servants (outsiders) posted to Katchal Islands are allowed to stay in the island. Nicobar Islands have experienced all kinds of external influences for centuries, because they are located along an ancient international sea trade route and have been known to voyagers and scholars since ancient times. Due to this, the islands have been receiving external influen ...
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Katchal Language
Katchal (Katchall, Katchál, Kachel), or ''Tehnu (Tēhnyu)'',Edward Horace Man, 1889, ''A dictionary of the central Nicobarese language'' is a Nicobarese language spoken in the central Nicobar Islands. Apart from the dialect of TrinketRobert Parkin, 1991, ''A guide to austroasiatic speakers and their languages'', pp 37–38 (Trinkat, Trinkut, or ''Lâfūl''), it is not mutually intelligible with the other Central Nicobarese languages. The population of Trinket was evacuated to Nancowry and Camorta after the 2004 tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ..., and can be expected to disappear as speakers assimilate. References Languages of India Nicobarese languages {{AustroAsiatic-lang-stub fr:Nancowry (langue) ...
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Katcha (other)
Katcha may refer to: * Katcha, Sudan, a village in the Nuba Mountains Region in the south of Sudan * Katcha, Togo, a village in the Bassar Prefecture in the Kara Region * Katcha, Nigeria, a Local Government Area in Niger State * Katcha language, a dialect of Kadugli in Sudan ;Persons *Vahé Katcha (1928-2003), French Armenian novelist, screenwriter and journalist See also *Katchal (other) Katchal may refer to: * Katchal Island, one of India's Nicobar Islands * Katchal language, an Austroasiatic language spoken in the Nicobar Islands See also * Katcha (other) * Katchalski (other) {{disambig ...