Aka-Jeru language

Jeru
Aka-Jeru
Native toIndia
RegionAndaman Islands; interior and south North Andaman island, Sound island. Presently Strait Island
Native speakers
3 (2020)[1]
Great Andamanese
  • Northern
    • Jeru
Language codes
ISO 639-3akj
akj.html
Glottologakaj1239
Mixed Great Andamanese
Great Andamanese koiné
Native toIndia
RegionStrait Island
Ethnicity60 (2020)[2]
Extinctlast semi-fluent speaker, Nao Jr., died in 2009[2]
Mixed Khora–Bo–Jeru–Sare on a Jeru base
Language codes
ISO 639-3gac
Glottologmixe1288

The Jeru language, Aka-Jeru (also known as Yerawa, not to be confused with Järawa), is a moribund Great Andamanese language, of the Northern group. Jeru was spoken in the interior and south coast of North Andaman and on Sound Island. A koiné of Aka-Jeru and other northern Great Andamanese languages was once spoken on Strait Island; the last semi-fluent speaker of this, Nao Jr., died in 2009.[2] Aka-Jeru is the last surviving member of the Great Andamanese languages.

  1. ^ Jeru at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020) Closed access icon
  2. ^ a b c Mixed Great Andamanese at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020) Closed access icon

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