Shompen

Summary

Shompen is a language^[1]. Shompen ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shompen is in the country of India^[3].
• Shompen's instance of is recorded as language^[4].
• Shompen's instance of is recorded as modern language^[5].
• Shompen's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as sii^[6].
• Shompen's IETF language tag is recorded as sii^[7].
• Shompen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04cynwr^[8].
• Shompen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shompen language^[9].
• Shompen's Glottolog code is recorded as shom1245^[10].
• Shompen's WALS lect code is recorded as smp^[11].
• Shompen's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as sii^[12].
• Shompen's distribution map is recorded as Nicobar Islands.PNG^[13].
• Shompen's UNESCO language status is recorded as 5 critically endangered^[14].
• Shompen's endangeredlanguages.com ID is recorded as 5146^[15].
• Shompen's indigenous to is recorded as Great Nicobar Island^[16].
• Shompen's UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger ID is recorded as 1199^[17].
• Shompen's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SII^[18].
• Shompen's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6a Vigorous^[19].
• Shompen's linguistic typology is recorded as language isolate^[20].

Why It Matters

Shompen ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76 views/month).^[2] Shompen has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] Shompen is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]