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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > India > Jarawa

Jarawa

A language of India

ISO 639-3anq

Population  250 (2006 A. Abbi).
Region  Andaman Islands, interior and south central Rutland Island, central interior and south interior South Andaman Island, Middle Andaman Island, west coast, 70 square km reserve.
Dialects  Different from Önge [oon] and Sentinel [std].
Classification  Andamanese, South Andamanese
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Dictionary. Grammar.
Comments  Seminomadic. Hunter-gatherers. Traditional religion.