Andamanese

E424231

ethnolinguistic group human population indigenous people

Andamanese refers to the indigenous peoples and their distinct language families native to the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Andamanese languages	10
Andamanese canonical	1
Andamanese people	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4221830 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Andamanese
Context triple: [Ongan languages, familyColor, Andamanese]

A. Nicobarese languages
The Nicobarese languages are a group of Austroasiatic languages spoken by the indigenous Nicobarese people of India’s Nicobar Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean.
B. Mundari
Mundari is an Austroasiatic Munda language of eastern India, spoken primarily by the Munda people in states such as Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal.
C. Nicobarese
Nicobarese is an Austroasiatic language (or group of related languages) traditionally spoken by the indigenous Nicobarese people of India’s Nicobar Islands.
D. Apatani
The Apatani are an indigenous tribal community of northeastern India known for their unique wet rice and fish farming practices, distinctive facial tattoos and nose plugs (historically among women), and rich ecological and cultural traditions.
E. Bamar
The Bamar are the largest ethnic group in Myanmar, historically dominant in the country’s politics, culture, and language.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Andamanese
Target entity description: Andamanese refers to the indigenous peoples and their distinct language families native to the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.

A. Nicobarese languages
The Nicobarese languages are a group of Austroasiatic languages spoken by the indigenous Nicobarese people of India’s Nicobar Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean.
B. Mundari
Mundari is an Austroasiatic Munda language of eastern India, spoken primarily by the Munda people in states such as Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal.
C. Nicobarese
Nicobarese is an Austroasiatic language (or group of related languages) traditionally spoken by the indigenous Nicobarese people of India’s Nicobar Islands.
D. Apatani
The Apatani are an indigenous tribal community of northeastern India known for their unique wet rice and fish farming practices, distinctive facial tattoos and nose plugs (historically among women), and rich ecological and cultural traditions.
E. Bamar
The Bamar are the largest ethnic group in Myanmar, historically dominant in the country’s politics, culture, and language.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnolinguistic group ⓘ human population ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy	deforestation ⓘ epidemic diseases after outside contact ⓘ land encroachment ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
hasContactHistory	colonial contact with British Empire ⓘ postcolonial contact with Indian administration ⓘ
hasCulturalTrait	foraging in forests and coastal areas ⓘ island-based subsistence ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ use of body adornment ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Great Andamanese ⓘ Jangil people ⓘ Jarawa ⓘ surface form: Jarawa people Onge people ⓘ Sentinelese people ⓘ
hasExtinctGroup	Jangil people ⓘ
hasExtinctLanguage	most Great Andamanese languages ⓘ
hasGeneticCharacteristic	distinct genetic lineages compared to mainland South Asians ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Great Andamanese languages ⓘ Ongan languages ⓘ Sentinelese language ⓘ surface form: Sentinelese language (unclassified)
hasLanguageShift	shift to Hindi and other Indian languages among some groups ⓘ
hasLanguageStatus	endangered ⓘ
hasLegalProtection	Indian laws on protection of indigenous tribes ⓘ restricted area regulations in Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
hasNotableGroupCharacteristic	high linguistic diversity relative to population size ⓘ some groups maintain voluntary isolation ⓘ
hasPopulationStatus	small population ⓘ
hasPopulationTrend	declining ⓘ
hasRegion	Little Andaman Island ⓘ Middle Andaman Island ⓘ North Andaman Island ⓘ North Sentinel Island ⓘ South Andaman Island ⓘ
hasReligion	traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
hasTraditionalLifestyle	hunter-gatherer ⓘ
hasTraditionalTechnology	bow and arrow ⓘ dugout canoes ⓘ
inhabits	Andaman Islands ⓘ
locatedIn	Bay of Bengal ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Adivasis ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of India
recognizedAs	Scheduled Tribes ⓘ surface form: Scheduled Tribes of India
studiedIn	anthropology ⓘ linguistics ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Ongan languages → familyColor → Andamanese ⓘ

Scheduled Tribe of India → ethnoCategory → Andamanese ⓘ

subject surface form: Onge

this entity surface form: Andamanese people

Languages of India → majorLanguageFamily → Andamanese ⓘ