Endangered Languages of the Andaman Islands
Anvita Abbi. 2006. "Endangered Languages of the Andaman Islands." 64: München: Lincom.
Threatened
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
94
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 0
Almost all members of the community or ethnic group speak the language, and the number of speakers is stable or increasing.
0
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 1
Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.
1
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
58
Elders
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Ethnic or community population
94
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Andaman Islands
Location Description
Little Andaman Island
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Hindi, Andamani Hindi
Number of Other Language Speakers:
Only some men; women are monolingual
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
The Wikipedia page for the Önge language of Little Andaman Island in India.
A Long Sister of Proto-Austronesian?