Andaman Creole Hindi
| Andaman Creole Hindi | |
|---|---|
| Andaman Hindi | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1994)[1] |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hca |
| Glottolog | anda1280 |
Andaman Creole Hindi is a trade language of the Andaman Islands, spoken as a native language especially in Port Blair and villages to the south. Singh (1994) describes it as a creolization of Hindustani, Bengali and Tamil.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Andaman Creole Hindi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)