Endangered Languages Project - Sentinel

Sentinel

^{[aka Sentinelese]}

Classification: Unclassified

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Sentinelese
CLASSIFICATION		Unclassified
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		std
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Personal Communication” . Gregory Anderson (2012)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
unknown
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"No data and people are uncontacted. Language should be considered vulnerable. The speaker numbers are pure fantasy–no count has ever been done."

DOMAINS OF USE

MORE ON VITALITY

There is no way to know the true vitality of Sentinel. Community members do not allow outsiders onto the island.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: India

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
101
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Language Isolate. One of three surviving Andamanese languages of more than a dozen known during British colonial times."

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: North Sentinel Island, Andaman Islands.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: India

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10-99
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~100
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"A rough estimate by the Government of India lists them as a population of 100."

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Andaman Islands

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

11.5446,92.2576

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing