Onge people

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The Onge people are one of the indigenous Andamanese groups of India, known for their small hunter-gatherer communities and distinct cultural and genetic heritage.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Onge people canonical 16
Onge people (historically associated) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Andamanese people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
language ⓘ
language family ⓘ
ancestralRegion Little Andaman Island forests ⓘ
colonialHistory contact with British colonial administration in the 19th century ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice body painting ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
culturalStatus threatened culture ⓘ
demography very small population size in the 20th and 21st centuries ⓘ
diet forest fruits ⓘ
seafood ⓘ
wild pigs ⓘ
wild tubers ⓘ
geneticHeritage distinct from mainland Indian populations ⓘ
one of the early modern human lineages in South Asia ⓘ
governmentPolicyImpact settlement in government camps ⓘ
impactOfColonialism loss of traditional lands ⓘ
population decline due to disease ⓘ
language Onge language ⓘ
linked to: Ongan languages
languageFamily Ongan languages ⓘ
languageStatus severely endangered ⓘ
legalProtection protected under Indian law as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group ⓘ
locatedIn Andaman Islands ⓘ
Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
Little Andaman Island ⓘ
populationStatus endangered ⓘ
populationTrend declining ⓘ
PVTGStatus Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe of India ⓘ
linked to: Scheduled Tribes
relatedGroup Great Andamanese people ⓘ
linked to: Great Andamanese

Jarawa people ⓘ
linked to: Jarawa

Sentinelese people ⓘ
religion ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
socialOrganization kin-based groups ⓘ
small bands ⓘ
traditionalHousing communal huts ⓘ
temporary leaf shelters ⓘ
traditionalKnowledge detailed knowledge of coastal and forest ecology ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer ⓘ
traditionalNavigation use of dugout canoes ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
vulnerability high susceptibility to introduced diseases ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ongan languages → spokenBy → Onge people ⓘ
Dugong Creek settlement → inhabitant → Onge people ⓘ
Dugong Creek settlement → category → Onge people ⓘ
South Bay settlement → inhabitants → Onge people ⓘ
Andamanese → hasEthnicGroup → Onge people ⓘ
Ongan → spokenBy → Onge people ⓘ
Rutland Island → hasEthnicGroup → Onge people (historically associated) ⓘ
linked to: Onge people
Ongan peoples → subgroup → Onge people ⓘ
Negrito people → subgroup → Onge people ⓘ
Onge tribal reserve → designatedFor → Onge people ⓘ