Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Nicobarese people are a Mon–Khmer-speaking people of the Nicobar Islands a chain of 19 islands in the southeastern Bay of Bengal. Only 12 of the 19 islands are inhabited. The largest and main island is Great Nicobar. The term Nicobarese refers to the dominant tribes of the Nicobar Islands. On each island the people have specific names but together they are the Nicobarese. They call themselves Holchu which means friend.[citation needed]The Nicobarese are a designated Scheduled Tribe.
