Ongan languages
E94356
The Ongan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken by the Ongan peoples of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Onge language | 0 | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
indigenous language family
→
language family → |
| arealFeature | isolated from mainland South Asian languages → |
| arealGroup |
Andaman Islands
→
surface form:
Andamanese language area
|
| country | India → |
| distinctFrom |
Great Andamanese languages
→
Nicobarese languages → |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented → |
| endangermentStatus | severely endangered → |
| ethnolinguisticGroup |
Great Andamanese
→
surface form:
Ongan peoples of the Andaman Islands
|
| familyColor | Andamanese → |
| geographicDistribution |
Little Andaman Island
NERFINISHED
→
Middle Andaman Island NERFINISHED → Rutland Island → South Andaman Island NERFINISHED → |
| glottologCode | onga1248 → |
| glottologName | Ongan → |
| hasPart |
Aka-Bea language
→
Aka-Jeru language → Aka-Kede language → Aka-Kol language → Jangil language → Jarawa language → Önge language → |
| historicalStatus | pre-colonial languages of the Andaman Islands → |
| isoClassificationStatus | not classified as part of any larger language family → |
| languageFamilyStatus | small → |
| linguisticResearchFocus |
historical linguistics of the Indian Ocean region
→
language contact and isolation in the Andaman Islands → |
| numberOfSpeakers | very low → |
| possibleRelation |
sometimes hypothesized to relate to Austronesian languages (unproven)
→
sometimes hypothesized to relate to Papuan languages (unproven) → |
| region | Bay of Bengal → |
| relationshipToOtherFamilies | often considered a primary language family → |
| spokenBy |
Jarawa
→
surface form:
Jarawa people
Ongan peoples NERFINISHED → Onge people → |
| spokenIn |
Andaman Islands
NERFINISHED
→
India → Indian Ocean Region →
surface form:
Indian Ocean region
|
| subclassOf |
Great Andamanese languages
→
surface form:
Andamanese languages
|
| typologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
→
complex verbal morphology → rich pronominal systems → |
| writingSystem | no indigenous writing system → |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.