Sentinelese language

E78512

indigenous language language unclassified language

The Sentinelese language is the undocumented and unclassified tongue spoken by the isolated Sentinelese people of North Sentinel Island in the Andaman archipelago.

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	indigenous language → language → unclassified language →
alternativeName	North Sentinel language → Sentinelese →
associatedIsland	North Sentinel Island →
associatedPeople	Sentinelese →
classificationStatus	unclassified →
communityAccessPolicy	isolation enforced by Indian government →
contactWithResearchers	minimal →
country	India →
dataAvailability	extremely limited →
documentationEthicalIssues	high →
documentationMethod	occasional distant observation →
documentationStatus	undocumented →
endangermentStatus	unknown →
ethnicity	Sentinelese people →
glottocode	sent1260 →
grammar	unknown →
ISO639-3Code	std →
languageFamily	unknown →
lexicon	unknown →
linguisticStatus	one of the least-known languages in the world →
mutualIntelligibilityWith	unknown →
numberOfSpeakers	unknown →
officialStatus	none →
phonology	unknown →
possibleRelationTo	Andamanese languages → Great Andamanese languages → Ongan languages →
primaryUse	oral communication →
region	Andaman and Nicobar Islands →
researchConstraints	contact with Sentinelese prohibited by law →
spokenBy	Sentinelese people →
spokenIn	Andaman Islands NERFINISHED → Bay of Bengal → India → North Sentinel Island →
vitalityStatus	living →
writingSystem	none →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Great Andamanese languages →	distinctFrom
Sentinelese →	language
North Sentinel Island →	languageSpoken