Also Known As:
Jarawa (in Andamans)
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Grammatical description of the Jarawa language.
This paper examines the Great Andamanese language family and its relation to Onge and Jarawa.
Vulnerable
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
340
Native Speakers Worldwide
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 1
Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.
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Transmission
Transmission -1
All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Kumar, Pramod. 2012. Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa. PhD Dissertation, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Bibliography of Locations:
Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian. 2014.
Glottolog 2.3. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at http://glottolog.org)
Glottolog 2.3. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at http://glottolog.org)
Bibliography of Context:
Kumar, Pramod. 2012. Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa. PhD Dissertation, Jawaharlal Nehru University.