Sentinelese | |
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(unattested) | |
Native to | India |
Region | North Sentinel Island, southwest of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Ethnicity | Sentinelese |
Native speakers | ~100-250 (2018)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | std |
Glottolog | sent1241 |
ELP | Sentinel |
![]() North Sentinel Island, the small grey island to the southwest, shown in the context of the other Andamanese languages. | |
Location in the Bay of Bengal | |
Coordinates: 11°33′N 92°15′E / 11.55°N 92.25°E |
Sentinelese is the undescribed language of the Sentinelese people of North Sentinel Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Due to the lack of contact between the Sentinelese people and the rest of the world, essentially nothing is known of their language and it is likely in poor vitality.[2]
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