Andaman Creole Hindi

Trade language of the Andaman Islands, India
Andaman Creole Hindi
Andaman Hindi
Native toIndia
RegionAndaman and Nicobar Islands
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1994)[1]
Language family
Hindi-Bengali-Tamil-based creole
  • Andaman Creole Hindi
Language codes
ISO 639-3hca
Glottologanda1280

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

  1. ^ a b Andaman Creole Hindi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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