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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > India > A-Pucikwar

A-Pucikwar

A language of India

ISO 639-3apq

Population  10 or less (Abbi 2006). 8–10 of total population of 53 individuals on Strait Island.
Region  Andaman Islands, Strait Island.
Alternate names   Puchikwar, Pucikwar
Classification  Andamanese, Great Andamanese, Central
Language use  Shifting to Hindi.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Grammar.
Comments  Other languages in the Central Andamanese group have no remaining speakers. Great Andamanese is a Scheduled Tribe. Nearly extinct.