Also Known As:
Jarawa (in Andamans)
Dialects & Varieties
Endangered Languages of the Andaman Islands
Anvita Abbi. 2006. "Endangered Languages of the Andaman Islands." 64: München: Lincom.
Threatened
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~300
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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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
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
~300
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"Almost the entire community of Jarawa is monolingual."
Location and Context
Countries
Andaman Island
Location Description
Tiroor, R K Nalla, and Kadamtalla
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
Number of Other Language Speakers:
Very few
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
Grammatical description of the Jarawa language.
This paper examines the Great Andamanese language family and its relation to Onge and Jarawa.