Language name and locationː A-Pucikwar, Andaman Islands, India [Ref to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 阿普西克瓦尔语 (大安达曼语 Great Andamanese), 印度安达曼群岛

 

1. ontɔpɔlɔ

2. tɛtabui, varietiesː irʈubui, ɲɛrtaɸul, onɟiŋkɔ 

3. ondaːfol, encinkɔ 

  

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Narayan Kumar Choudhary, Centre for Linguistics, School of Languages, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India, January 4, 2009.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Narayan Kumar Choudhary, 2009 年 1 月 4 日.

 

Other comments: A-Pucikwar or Great Andamanese is an extinct language of the Andaman Islands, India, formerly spoken by the Pucikwar people on the south coast of Middle Andaman, the northeast coast of South Andaman, and on Baratang Island. It belonged to the Great Andamanese family. Great Andamanese only has three numbers. They do not use any mixed system now. As there are only eight speakers left and the younger generation switching to Hindi and other languages, they simply change the language and adopt

it wholly. Please note that the following differences between traditional phonetic symbols used by Indian scholars and IPA transcriptionsː

1. j = IPA [ɟ], voiceless palatal plosive.

2. y = IPA [j], palatal Approximant.

 

Consonant Chart of Great Andamanese (adapted from Anvita Abbi , 2006)

 

 

Bilabial

Labio-Dental

Dental

Alveolar

Retroflex

Palatal

Velar

Plosive

p, b, pʰ

 

t, d, tʰ

 

ʈ, ɖ, ʈʰ

c, j(ɟ)

 k, kʰ

Nasal

m

 

n

 

  

 ɲ

  ŋ

Trill

 

    

 

      r

ɽ

 

  

Fricative

ɸ, β

(f)

   

s

  

ʃ

 (x)

Lateral

lw

 

 

 l

 

 

 

Approximant

w

 

 

 

  

 y(j)

 

 

Vowel Chart of Great Andamanese:

 

Front

Central

Back

Close

i

 

u

Close Mid   

e

 

o

Open Mid   

ɛ

 

ɔ

Open

 

a

 

 

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