Great Andamanese, Mixed

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
gac
Alternate Names
Andamese
Population

7 (2009 A. Abbi). The last fluent speaker died in 2009. Ethnic population: 55.

Location

Andaman and Nicobar, Strait island, about 100 km northeast of Port Blair.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Andamanese, Great Andamanese
Typology

The linguistic system of Mixed Great Andamanese appears to be close to Koineization. It is a mixture of three to four languages spoken once on the island, including Jeru, Khora, Sare and Bo

Language Use

Shifting to Hindi [hin]. Older adults. The language is on the verge of extinction as it is being replaced by Andaman Creole Hindi [hca].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Grammar.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Great Andamanese, Mixed
Writing
Unwritten.
Other Comments

Mixed Greater Andamanese is used only as a code language in front of outsiders.The seven existing speakers use it occasionally among themselves in day-to-day speech. Other languages in the Central Andamanese group have no remaining speakers. Great Andamanese is a Scheduled Tribe.