Great Andamanese

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The Great Andamanese are one of the indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands, known as a small, endangered community with distinct languages and cultural traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
scheduled tribe
affectedBy British colonization
forced relocation
introduced diseases
loss of traditional lands
alsoSpeak Andaman Hindi
Hindi
colonialContactWith British Empire
continent Asia
country India
culturalFeature complex kinship system
distinct body painting traditions
oral storytelling traditions
unique music and dance forms
currentLinguaFranca mixed Great Andamanese language
currentMainSettlement Strait Island
ethnicity Great Andamanese self-linksurface differs
surface form: Andamanese people
formerHabitat Middle Andaman Island
North Andaman Island
South Andaman Island
geneticCharacteristic distinct genetic lineage compared to mainland Indians
languageFamily Great Andamanese languages
surface form: Andamanese languages

Great Andamanese languages
legalStatusInIndia Scheduled Tribe under the Constitution of India
partOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
surface form: Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
populationStatus endangered
populationTrend declining
protectedBy Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriginal Tribes) Regulation
recognizedAs Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group
region Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
subjectOf anthropological research
linguistic documentation efforts
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration
spirit worship
traditionalClothing minimal clothing made from natural materials
traditionalHousing communal huts
traditionalLanguage Bo
Cari
Jeru
Khora
Pucikwar
traditionalReligion animism
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Great Andamanese peoples
Cari associatedWith Great Andamanese
subject surface form: Cari language
this entity surface form: Great Andamanese group
Jarawa language associatedWith Great Andamanese
this entity surface form: Andamanese indigenous peoples
Khora associatedWith Great Andamanese
this entity surface form: Great Andamanese culture
Khora associatedWith Great Andamanese
this entity surface form: Andamanese indigenous peoples
Andaman Islands ethnicGroup Great Andamanese
Bo ethnicGroup Great Andamanese
subject surface form: Bo (Great Andamanese language)
this entity surface form: Great Andamanese people
Great Andamanese ethnicity Great Andamanese self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Andamanese people
Jeru ethnicity Great Andamanese
Khora ethnicity Great Andamanese
Ongan languages ethnolinguisticGroup Great Andamanese
this entity surface form: Ongan peoples of the Andaman Islands
Cari languageFamily Great Andamanese
subject surface form: Cari language
Pucikwar languageFamily Great Andamanese
Onge relatedEthnicGroup Great Andamanese
Jarawa relatedGroup Great Andamanese
this entity surface form: Great Andamanese (geographical neighbors, not closely related linguistically)
Great Andamanese languages spokenBy Great Andamanese
this entity surface form: Great Andamanese peoples
Jeru spokenBy Great Andamanese
this entity surface form: Great Andamanese people
Khora spokenBy Great Andamanese
this entity surface form: Great Andamanese people
Andaman Hindi usedByCommunity Great Andamanese
this entity surface form: Great Andamanese people