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