Andaman Creole Hindi
Trade language of the Andaman Islands, India
Andaman Creole Hindi | |
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Andaman Hindi | |
Native to | India |
Region | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1994)[1] |
Language family | Hindi-Bengali-Tamil-based creole
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | hca |
Glottolog | anda1280 |
Andaman Creole Hindi is a trade language of the Andaman Islands, spoken as a native language especially in Port Blair and villages to the south. Singh (1994) describes it as a creolization of Hindustani, Bengali and Tamil.[1]
References
- ^ a b Andaman Creole Hindi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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languages
and creoles
- Andaman Creole Hindi
- Bombay Hindi
- Haflong Hindi
- Nagamese
- Nefamese
- Vedda