Jarawa language
E94357
The Jarawa language is an endangered Ongan language spoken by the indigenous Jarawa people of the Andaman Islands in India.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jarawa language canonical | 6 |
| Jarawa language (Andamanese) | 1 |
| Jarawa language of the Andaman Islands | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T791430 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jarawa language Context triple: [Jarawa, speaksLanguage, Jarawa language]
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A.
Ipai language
The Ipai language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay (Ipai) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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B.
Achuar-Shiwiar language
The Achuar-Shiwiar language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Achuar and Shiwiar Indigenous peoples of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador and Peru.
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C.
Aguaruna language
The Aguaruna language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Aguaruna (Awajún) people of northern Peru, closely related to the Shuar language of Ecuador.
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D.
Diegueño language
The Diegueño language is a Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay (Diegueño) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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E.
Berom language
The Berom language is a Plateau language spoken primarily by the Berom people in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, especially around Jos in Plateau State.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jarawa language Target entity description: The Jarawa language is an endangered Ongan language spoken by the indigenous Jarawa people of the Andaman Islands in India.
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A.
Ipai language
The Ipai language is a Native American language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay (Ipai) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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B.
Achuar-Shiwiar language
The Achuar-Shiwiar language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Achuar and Shiwiar Indigenous peoples of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador and Peru.
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C.
Aguaruna language
The Aguaruna language is a Jivaroan language spoken by the Aguaruna (Awajún) people of northern Peru, closely related to the Shuar language of Ecuador.
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D.
Diegueño language
The Diegueño language is a Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay (Diegueño) people of southern California and northern Baja California.
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E.
Berom language
The Berom language is a Plateau language spoken primarily by the Berom people in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, especially around Jos in Plateau State.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ongan language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Aka-Jarawa (in some older sources)
ⓘ
Jarawa (Andaman Islands) ⓘ
linked to:
Jarawa
|
| associatedWith |
Andamanese indigenous peoples
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Andamanese
Jarawa culture ⓘ
linked to:
Jarawa
|
| closelyRelatedTo | Onge language ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Jarawa language of Cameroon
ⓘ
Jarawa language of Nigeria ⓘ |
| documentationStatus |
poorly documented
ⓘ
subject of descriptive linguistic fieldwork ⓘ |
| endangermentFactors |
pressure from dominant languages
ⓘ
small speaker population ⓘ socioeconomic change ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Jarawa people
ⓘ
linked to:
Jarawa
|
| geneticClassification |
Austroasiatic-related hypothesis (disputed)
ⓘ
Ongan branch of Andamanese languages ⓘ |
| governingJurisdiction |
Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
|
| ISO639-3 | jar ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Ongan languages ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
agglutinative features
ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| macroArea | South Asia ⓘ |
| minorityLanguageIn | India ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Bengali
ⓘ
Great Andamanese languages ⓘ Hindi ⓘ |
| phonologyFeature | small phoneme inventory (relative to many world languages) ⓘ |
| preservationChallenges |
lack of standardized orthography
ⓘ
limited formal education in the language ⓘ |
| region |
Middle Andaman Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Middle Andaman Island
South Andaman Islands ⓘ
linked to:
South Andaman Island
|
| researchInterest |
historical linguistics of the Andaman Islands
ⓘ
language contact in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Jarawa people
ⓘ
linked to:
Jarawa
|
| spokenIn |
Andaman Islands
ⓘ
India ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication within Jarawa communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ rituals and cultural practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script (used in linguistic transcription)
ⓘ
no native script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jarawa language Description of subject: The Jarawa language is an endangered Ongan language spoken by the indigenous Jarawa people of the Andaman Islands in India.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jarawa language
linked to: Jarawa language