Suku Shompen

Shompen adalah penduduk asli pulau Nikobar Besar di wilayah persatuan Kepulauan Andaman dan Nikobar di India. Kini jumlah mereka kira-kira sebesar 400 jiwa. Mereka adalah pemburu. Shompen terisolasi dari peradaban dalam waktu yang sangat lama. Mereka sedikit berpakaian. Sementara pakaian tradisional hanya pakaian dibawah pinggang, banyak orang mengenakan pakaian modern karea pengaruh dari India Daratan. Enam anggota dilaporkan tewas akibat gempa bumi Samudra Hindia 2004.

Bahasa Shompen sangat sedikit diketahui, tetapi diduga tidak berhubungan dengan Bahasa Nikobar.[1]

Referensi

  1. ^ Robert Blench, ms. Diarsipkan 2010-05-09 di Wayback Machine. The language of the Shom Pen: a language isolate in the Nicobar islands.


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