Andaman Creole Hindi
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| Andaman Creole Hindi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India |
| Region | Andaman Islands |
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Native speakers
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unknown (10,000 cited 1994)[1] |
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Hindustani-based creole
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hca |
| Glottolog | anda1280[2] |
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 Malayalam.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Andaman Creole Hindi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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