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The Andamanese languages are the various languages spoken by the indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. There are two known Andamanese language families, Great Andamanese and Ongan , as well as two presumed but unattested languages, Sentinelese and Jangil .
The languages spoken in the Andaman islands fall into two clear families, Great Andamanese and Ongan, plus one unattested language, Sentinelese.The similarities between Great Andamanese and Ongan are mainly of a typological-morphological nature, with little demonstrated common vocabulary.
The Andaman Islands (/ ... The distributions of different Andamanese peoples, languages, and dialects at the time of British contact compared to the present-day.
Jarawa is a language used mainly by hunter-gatherer communities who live along the western coast of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [2]Other than having a history as traditional hunter-forager-fishermen, they also had reputations as warriors and uncompromising defenders of their territory.
Territories of the Great Andamanese tribes, languages, and dialects and other Andamanese peoples at the time of British contact. In 1789, when the British established a colonial presence on Great Andaman, the Great Andamanese were divided into 10 main tribes with each having a distinct language, each counting between 200 and 700 individuals. [8]
Northern Andamanese is the critically endangered native language of North Andaman Island. It is closely related to Akakede and seems to have consisted of four mutually intelligible dialects: Akachari (Cari), Akakhora (Kora), Akabo (Bo), and Akajeru (Jeru). Jeru is the only one with speakers remaining. [3] [4]
Ongan, also called Angan, [1] Jarawa–Onge, or ambiguously South Andamanese, is a language family which comprises two attested Andamanese languages spoken in the southern Andaman Islands. The two known extant languages are: Önge or Onge ( ö transcribes /ə/); 96 speakers in 1997, mostly monolingual; Jarawa or Järawa; estimated at 200 ...
The Bale language, Akar-Bale (also Balwa), is an extinct Southern [2] Great Andamanese language once spoken in the Andaman Islands in Ritchie's Archipelago, Havelock Island, and Neill Island. History [ edit ]