Andaman Hindi

E81134

Andaman Hindi is a regional variety of Hindi that serves as a lingua franca among diverse communities in the Andaman Islands, including Great Andamanese speakers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Andaman Islands Hindi 1
Andamani Hindi 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf contact language
lingua franca
regional variety of Hindi
basedOn Hindi
country India
function lingua franca among diverse communities in the Andaman Islands
hasAlternativeName Andaman Hindi
surface form: Andaman Islands Hindi

Andaman Hindi
surface form: Andamani Hindi
hasFeature code-switching with local languages
lexical borrowing from local languages
phonological influence from Dravidian languages
simplified morphology compared to standard Hindi
hasInfluenceFrom Bengali
surface form: Bengali language

Great Andamanese languages
Malayalam
surface form: Malayalam language

Nicobarese languages
Tamil
surface form: Tamil language

Telugu
surface form: Telugu language

standard Hindi
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
linguisticType spoken vernacular
primaryFunction communication between speakers of different mother tongues in the Andaman Islands
region Bay of Bengal
relatedTo Indian Ocean contact varieties of Hindi
script Devanagari script
surface form: Devanagari
spokenIn Andaman Islands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
India
status unstandardized variety
usageDomain everyday conversation
interethnic communication
market communication
usedAs second language by many island residents
usedByCommunity Bengali-speaking communities in the Andaman Islands
Great Andamanese
surface form: Great Andamanese people

Malayalam-speaking communities in the Andaman Islands
Nicobarese-speaking communities in the Andaman Islands
Tamil-speaking communities in the Andaman Islands
Telugu-speaking communities in the Andaman Islands

Referenced by (4)

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

Great Andamanese alsoSpeak Andaman Hindi
Andaman Hindi hasAlternativeName Andaman Hindi
this entity surface form: Andamani Hindi
Andaman Hindi hasAlternativeName Andaman Hindi
this entity surface form: Andaman Islands Hindi
Great Andamanese languages shiftedTo Andaman Hindi