Language name and locationː Jarawa, Andaman Islands, India [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 贾拉瓦语, 印度印度洋安达曼群岛南部南安达曼岛及附近岛屿

 

1. waya

2. na:ya

3. kaŋitəjile  

4. ənə itəjile (malawə)

5. mala ʈʰuhumə

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Pramod Kumar, Center for Linguistics, School of Language, Literature, & Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
May 23, 2012.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Pramod Kumar, 2012 年 5 月 23 日.

 

Other comments: Jarawa is spoken by approxiamtely 340 speakers (Kumar 2012). 340 monolinguals (Kumar 2012). Monolingual group, with some language contact with Hindi in Andaman and Nicobar Islands Union Territory: interior and south central Rutland Island; central and south interiors of South Andaman Island; Middle Andaman Island, west coast, 70 square km reserve, India. Jarawa has five words used as numbers.

Language name and locationː Jarawa, Andaman Islands, India [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 贾拉瓦语, 印度印度洋安达曼群岛南部南安达曼岛及附近岛屿

 

1. wəyə

2. nayə

3. kaŋ itəjile

   manyː mala-(wə)

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Juliette Blevins, Director, Endangered Language Initiative Linguistics Program, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016-4309, USA, January 27, 2012.
提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Juliette Blevins, 2012 年 1 月 27 日.

 

Other comments: Jarawa has a simple 'one', 'two', 'three', 'many' system. The word for many is 'mala-(wə)'.

Language name and locationː Jarawa, Andaman Islands, India [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 贾拉瓦语, 印度印度洋安达曼群岛南部南安达曼岛及附近岛屿

 

1. o:ya

2. na:ya

3. ikkandʼ deyilo

4. maːla

5. kut̩t̩u

6. otti

7. d̩aboː

8. čaːre

9. poːt̩t̩e

10. maːre

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Raman Senkuttuvan, Assistant Linguist (Lien) Anthropological Survey of India (Now) Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India. October 12, 2011.
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Raman Senkuttuvan, 2011 年 10 月 12 日.

 

Other comments: Jarawa are using separate word for each number from one to ten. Note that 'y' = IPA [j], 'č' = IPA [tʃ], 't̩' = IPA [ʈ], d̩=IPA[ɖ].  

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