Jarawa language
E94357
The Jarawa language is an endangered Ongan language spoken by the indigenous Jarawa people of the Andaman Islands in India.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ongan language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Aka-Jarawa (in some older sources)
ⓘ
Jarawa ⓘ
surface form:
Jarawa (Andaman Islands)
|
| associatedWith |
Great Andamanese
ⓘ
surface form:
Andamanese indigenous peoples
Jarawa ⓘ
surface form:
Jarawa culture
|
| closelyRelatedTo | Onge language ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Jarawa language of Cameroon
ⓘ
Jarawa language of Nigeria ⓘ |
| documentationStatus |
poorly documented
ⓘ
subject of descriptive linguistic fieldwork ⓘ |
| endangermentFactors |
pressure from dominant languages
ⓘ
small speaker population ⓘ socioeconomic change ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Jarawa
ⓘ
surface form:
Jarawa people
|
| geneticClassification |
Austroasiatic-related hypothesis (disputed)
ⓘ
Ongan branch of Andamanese languages ⓘ |
| governingJurisdiction | Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | jar ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Ongan languages ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
agglutinative features
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| macroArea | South Asia ⓘ |
| minorityLanguageIn | India ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Bengali
ⓘ
Great Andamanese languages ⓘ Hindi ⓘ |
| phonologyFeature | small phoneme inventory (relative to many world languages) ⓘ |
| preservationChallenges |
lack of standardized orthography
ⓘ
limited formal education in the language ⓘ |
| region |
Middle Andaman Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Andaman Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
historical linguistics of the Andaman Islands
ⓘ
language contact in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Jarawa
ⓘ
surface form:
Jarawa people
|
| spokenIn |
Andaman Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within Jarawa communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ rituals and cultural practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script (used in linguistic transcription)
ⓘ
no native script ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.