Andamanese

[ an-duh-muh-neez, -nees ]

noun,plural An·da·man·ese.

Also Andaman. Also called Andaman Islander. a member of a people that comprise the Indigenous population of the Andaman Islands.
the language of the Andamanese, of uncertain genetic affiliation.

adjective

Origin of Andamanese

First recorded in 1860–65; Andaman + -ese

Three years ago, the last member of the Bo people, one of the Great Andamanese tribes, died.
In Andaman Islands, Indian Court Allows Return of a ‘Human Safari’ | Jonathan Mazower | March 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
These ideas, to an Australian black, or an Andamanese, would seem dangerously blasphemous.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 | Andrew Lang
The Andamanese are small in stature—the men averaging about five feet, the women less.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon | Robert A. Sterndale
This may be the case on the South Island; there is much testimony on the other side as regards the more savage Andamanese.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon | Robert A. Sterndale
The forest tribes of Chittagong are much higher in the scale than the Andamanese, but they are nevertheless savages of a low type.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon | Robert A. Sterndale

The street is used.1503 The Andamanese women are modest and very careful about decency of dress and conversation.
Folkways | William Graham Sumner

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