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Mixed Great Andamanese

Mixed Great Andamanese is a koiné language of the Northern Andamanese language based primarily on the Jeru dialect, with lexical and grammatical influence from other Northern Andamanese dialects (Bo, Kora and Cari).

Phonology

Vowels

The Great Andamanese koiné has a seven-vowel system.

Consonants

Grammar

It is a head-marking polysynthetic and agglutinative language with a SOV pattern. It has a very elaborate system for marking inalienability, with seven possessive markers reflecting different body-divisions. These markers appear as proclitics that classify a large number of nouns as dependent categories.

Vocabulary

Koiné vocabulary:

  • Column in yellow denotes loanword derived from Hindi

Place names

Vocabulary:

References