Andaman Hindi

E81134

Andaman Hindi is a regional variety of Hindi that serves as a lingua franca among diverse communities in the Andaman Islands, including Great Andamanese speakers.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Andaman Hindi canonical 2
Andaman Islands Hindi 1
Andamanese Hindi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf contact language
lingua franca
regional variety of Hindi
basedOn Hindi
country India
function lingua franca among diverse communities in the Andaman Islands
hasAlternativeName Andaman Islands Hindi
linked to: Andaman Hindi

Andamani Hindi
linked to: Andaman Hindi
hasFeature code-switching with local languages
lexical borrowing from local languages
phonological influence from Dravidian languages
simplified morphology compared to standard Hindi
hasInfluenceFrom Bengali language
linked to: Bengali

Great Andamanese languages
Malayalam language
linked to: Malayalam

Nicobarese languages
Tamil language
linked to: Tamil

Telugu language
linked to: Telugu

standard Hindi
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
linguisticType spoken vernacular
primaryFunction communication between speakers of different mother tongues in the Andaman Islands
region Bay of Bengal
relatedTo Indian Ocean contact varieties of Hindi
script Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
spokenIn Andaman Islands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
India
status unstandardized variety
usageDomain everyday conversation
interethnic communication
market communication
usedAs second language by many island residents
usedByCommunity Bengali-speaking communities in the Andaman Islands
Great Andamanese people
linked to: Great Andamanese

Malayalam-speaking communities in the Andaman Islands
Nicobarese-speaking communities in the Andaman Islands
Tamil-speaking communities in the Andaman Islands
Telugu-speaking communities in the Andaman Islands

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Great Andamanese alsoSpeak Andaman Hindi
Andaman Hindi hasAlternativeName Andamani Hindi
linked to: Andaman Hindi
Andaman Hindi hasAlternativeName Andaman Islands Hindi
linked to: Andaman Hindi
Great Andamanese languages shiftedTo Andaman Hindi
Aka-Bo languageShiftTo Andamanese Hindi
linked to: Andaman Hindi