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

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. 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

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, and can be expected to disappear as speakers assimilate.

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Languages of India Nicobarese languages {{AustroAsiatic-lang-stub fr:Nancowry (langue)