Sentinelese
E14448
The Sentinelese are an uncontacted Indigenous people living in near-total isolation on North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal, known for actively resisting outside contact and maintaining a traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ uncontacted people ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | visitors prohibited within several nautical miles ⓘ |
| archipelago |
Andaman Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Andaman Islands archipelago
|
| contactHistory |
hostile response to intrusions
ⓘ
minimal contact attempts ⓘ |
| contactPolicy | reject outside contact ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culture | largely undocumented ⓘ |
| demographicStatus | one of the world’s most isolated peoples ⓘ |
| diet |
fish
ⓘ
honey ⓘ turtles ⓘ wild pigs ⓘ wild plants ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | North Sentinel Island ⓘ |
| governedBy | de facto under Indian jurisdiction ⓘ |
| housing |
huts
ⓘ
temporary shelters ⓘ |
| language | Sentinelese language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | unclassified language ⓘ |
| legalProtectionBy | Government of India ⓘ |
| legalStatus | protected tribe ⓘ |
| lifestyle | hunter-gatherer ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Andaman Islands
ⓘ
Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ Bay of Bengal ⓘ India ⓘ North Sentinel Island ⓘ |
| maritimeZone |
Andaman Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Andaman Sea–Bay of Bengal region
|
| notableEvent |
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami survival
ⓘ
killing of American missionary John Allen Chau in 2018 ⓘ |
| populationEstimate |
50–150
ⓘ
dozens to a few hundred ⓘ |
| protectedArea | North Sentinel Island exclusion zone ⓘ |
| relatedGroups | other Andamanese peoples ⓘ |
| religion | unknown ⓘ |
| riskFromContact | high susceptibility to disease ⓘ |
| subsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| technology |
metal scavenged from shipwrecks
ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ |
| threats |
disease from outsiders
ⓘ
illegal fishing near their island ⓘ |
| timeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.