Bo
E81133
Bo was an extinct indigenous language of the Great Andamanese people, once spoken in the Andaman Islands of India.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bo (Great Andamanese language) | 0 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Great Andamanese language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Aka-Bo
ⓘ
Aka-Bo language ⓘ Bo language ⓘ |
| associatedEthnonym | Bo self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Great Andamanese language revitalization efforts ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Great Andamanese languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Andamanese languages
|
| causeOfExtinction | language shift to other Great Andamanese varieties and Hindi ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Great Andamanese
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Andamanese people
|
| extinctionDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| extinctionEvent | death of Boa Sr ⓘ |
| geneticClassification | unclassified beyond Great Andamanese family ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
North and Middle Andaman district
ⓘ
surface form:
north-central Andaman Islands
|
| hasSpeakerPopulation | very small number of speakers in 20th century ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | bwq ⓘ |
| languageEndangerment | moribund before extinction ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Great Andamanese languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Andamanese language family
|
| lastKnownSpeaker | Boa Sr ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bay of Bengal
ⓘ
surface form:
Bay of Bengal region
|
| morphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Andamanese languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Andamanese linguistic area
|
| region | North Andaman Island ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Bo people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Andaman Islands
ⓘ
India ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| usedUntil | early 21st century ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bo (Great Andamanese language)