Jarawa language (India)

Jarawa language (India)

language
name=Jarawa
states=India
region=Andaman Islands
speakers=300 (2001 CIIL)
familycolor=Andamanese
fam1=Andamanese (possibly)
fam2=Ongan
iso3=anq

Jarawa is an endangered Ongan language. It is spoken in the interior and south central Rutland Island, central interior and south interior South Andaman Island, and the west coast of Middle Andaman Island.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=anq Ethnologue report for Jarawa]


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