Jarawa language (Andaman Islands)

Jarawa
Jarawa
Aong ॳङ्
Pronunciation	[əŋ]
Native to	India
Region	Andaman Islands; interior and south central Rutland island, central interior and south interior of South Andaman island, Middle Andaman island, west coast, 70 square km reserve.
Ethnicity	Jarawa
Native speakers	266, 70% of ethnic population (2001–2002); Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.
Language family	Ongan Jarawa;
Dialects	None known
Writing system	Unwritten, sometimes transcribed with Devanagari.
Language codes
ISO 639-3	anq
Glottolog	jara1245
ELP	Jarawa
	This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.

Järawa or Jarwa is one of the Ongan languages. It is spoken by the Jarawa people inhabiting the interior and south central Rutland Island, central interior, and south interior South Andaman Island, and the west coast of Middle Andaman Island.^[2]

Järawa means "foreigners" in Aka-Bea, the language of their traditional enemies. Like many peoples of the world, they call themselves "people" in their language, aong.

The Jarawa language of the Andaman Islands is considered vulnerable.^[3]

^ Paty, Chittaranjan Kumar (2007). Forest, Government, and Tribe. Concept Publishing Company. p. 102. ISBN 9788180694066.
^ Kumar 2012.
^ "Endangered Languages Project: Jarawa".

[1] Paty, Chittaranjan Kumar (2007). Forest, Government, and Tribe. Concept Publishing Company. p. 102. ISBN 9788180694066.

[FOOTNOTEKumar2012-2] Kumar 2012.

[3] "Endangered Languages Project: Jarawa".

[1]

[2]

[3]