Andamanese
Americannoun
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Andamanese
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Also called Andaman Islander. Also a member of a people that comprise the Indigenous population of the Andaman Islands.
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the language of the Andamanese, of uncertain genetic affiliation.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of Andamanese
Example Sentences
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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.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
It was shortly after the tsunami, and the authorities had evacuated all 53 of the Great Andamanese to a relief camp next to Adi Basera.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
I ended up collecting more than 150 Great Andamanese names for different fish species and 109 for birds.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
Realizing that I had to document Great Andamanese before it was silenced, I returned with a team of students in 2005.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
Among the few birds shot that first afternoon were the beautiful Andamanese oriole, with gorgeous plumage of black and yellow, and a peculiar cuckoo—Centropus andamanensis—soberly clad in brown and grey.
From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by C. Boden Kloss
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