Onge language

Onge
Önge ॳङे
Pronunciation[ˈəŋɡe]
Native toIndia
RegionSouth Andaman Islands, Dugong Creek and South Bay islands.
Ethnicity101 Onge people (2011 census)
Native speakers
94, 93% of ethnic population (2006)[1]
Mainly monolingual. Speakers reserved toward outsiders.[2]
Ongan
  • Onge
Language codes
ISO 639-3oon
Glottologonge1236
ELPÖnge
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The Onge language, also rendered Önge (or Ongee, Eng, Ung), is one of two known Ongan languages spoken in the Andaman islands in India. It is spoken by the Onge people in Little Andaman Island.

  1. ^ Blevins (2007:156)
  2. ^ Öñge at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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