Andaman Creole Hindi | |
Also Known As: | Andaman Hindi |
States: | India |
Region: | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Speakers: | 10,000 |
Date: | 1994 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Creole |
Fam1: | Hindi-Bengali-Tamil-based creole |
Minority: | India |
Iso3: | hca |
Glotto: | anda1280 |
Glottorefname: | Andaman Creole Hindi |
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.