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The Enggano language or Engganese is the poorly known language of Enggano Island off the southwestern coast of Sumatra. It appears to be an Austronesian language though much of the basic vocabulary cannot be connected to other Austronesian languages. When first contacted by Europeans the Enggano people had more in common culturally with the Nicobar Islands than with Austronesian Sumatra; however there are no apparent linguistic connections with Nicobarese or other Austroasiatic languages.
