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Native Speakers Worldwide

340

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Descriptive and typological study of Jarawa
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

340

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"When I visited the area in Feb–March 2007, the Jarawa population was 273. Now they have crossed 340 (gathered from personal communication with the Secretary, Tribal Welfare, Andaman and Nicobar Administration in 2010)." (pg. 20)

Year of info

2012

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"Jarawas are monolinguals. However, they have now started picking up some Hindi words from settlers and tourists." (pg. 20)

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

31

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Year of info

2010

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Threatened

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~300

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Ethnic Population

~300

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

"A rough estimate is that 70-80 Jarawa reside in Tiroor, about 90-100 in R K Nalla and around 125 in Kadamtalla."

Year of info

2006

Location and Context

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Andaman Island

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Location description

Tiroor, R K Nalla, and Kadamtalla

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Tiroor, R K Nalla, and Kadamtalla

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Other languages used

Hindi

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"Almost the entire community of Jarawa is monolingual."

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Native Speakers Worldwide

250

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Data for the number of native speakers comes from A. Abbi (2006).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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India

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Year of info

2014

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11.61, 92.66

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