Andamanese

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

noun

plural

Andamanese 

1. Also called Andaman Islander. Also a member of a people that comprise the Indigenous population of the Andaman Islands.

2. the language of the Andamanese, of uncertain genetic affiliation.

adjective

1. Andaman.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Andamanese¹

First recorded in 1860–65; Andaman + -ese

Example Sentences

Along with the genetic evidence, which indicates the Great Andamanese lived in isolation for tens of thousands of years, the grammar suggests that the language family originated very early—at a time when human beings conceptualized their world through their bodies.

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In the Great Andamanese view of nature, the foremost distinction was between tajio, the living, and eleo, the nonliving.

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Sometimes the etymology of a Great Andamanese name bore a resemblance to the English one.

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The myths of the Great Andamanese indicated that their earliest ancestors resided in the sky, as in another story Nao Jr. related to me.

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What little I heard was so baffling that I returned many times in later years to try to pin down the principles undergirding Great Andamanese languages.

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