Akarbale

natural language, dead language, extinct language
Subclass of	Great Andamanese
Lesdi	Hinndi
Indigenous to	Andaman Islands
Linguistic typology	agglutinative language
Ethnologue language status	10 Extinct

Ɗemngal Bale, Akar-Bale (Balwa walla Balawa kadi), ko ɗemngal Andaman mawngal Fuɗnaange ^[1] majjungal, meeɗnoongal haaleede e duuɗe Andaman e nder duuɗe Ritchie, duunde Havelock, e duunde Neill.

Tariya

[ikon]

Ndee feccere ina haani yaajneede. Aɗa waawi wallude e ɓeydude heen. (Abriil 2025)

Bale en majjii ko leñol ceertungol won e sahaaji caggal hitaande 1931.^[2]

Natal

Ɗemɗe Andaman mawɗe ɗee ko ɗemɗe agglutinative, jogiiɗe mbaydi gonndi e mbaydi gonndi e mbaydi gonndi e mbaydi gonndi e mbaydi.^[3] Eɗe njogii mbaydi innde ceertundi tuugiindi e terɗe ɓanndu, ɗo kala innde e sifaa ina waawi ƴettude jokkorgal fawaade e hol terɗe ɓanndu nde jokkondiri (e dow tuugnaade e mbaadi, walla jokkondiral gollal). Nii woni, yeru, *aka- e fuɗɗoode inɗe ɗemɗe ɗee ko jokkere enɗam wonande geɗe jowitiiɗe e ɗemngal.

Ko adii fof ko, .

Balawaa

hoore/ɓernde ôt- .

junngo/koyngal ong-

hunduko/ɗemngal aka-

torso (baagal haa koyɗe) ab-

gite/yeeso/juungo/kosam id-

ɓaawo/koyngal/butt ar-

keesi

Terɗe ɓanndu ina njogii ko aldaa e paltoor, ina ɗaɓɓi jokkere enɗam ngam timminde ɗe, ɗum noon neɗɗo waawaa wiyde "hoore" tan, kono tan "hoore am, walla makko, walla hoore maa, ekn".

Inɗe teskinɗe ɗee ina ɓadii nanndude e ɗemɗe Andaman mawɗe ɗee kala.

‘Ɗum’ e ‘ɗum’ ina ceerti ko k- e t-.

So en ƴeewii e lowre gonnde heen ndee, ɗemɗe Andaman mawɗe ɗee ina njogii tan limooje ɗiɗi kardinal — gooto e ɗiɗi — e limlebbi mum en limooje fof ko gooto, ɗiɗi, gooto ɓeydotoo, won heen ɓeydotoo, e fof.

Ƴeew kadi

Andamanese languages

Tuugnorgal

↑ Manoharan, S. (1983). "Subgrouping Andamanese group of languages." International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics XII(1): 82-95.
↑ George van Driem (2001), Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region : Containing an Introduction to the Symbiotic Theory of Language, BRILL, ISBN 90-04-12062-9, ... The Aka-Kol tribe of Middle Andaman became extinct by 1921. The Oko-Juwoi of Middle Andaman and the Aka-Bea of South Andaman and Rutland Island were extinct by 1931. The Akar-Bale of Ritchie's Archipelago, the Aka-Kede of Middle Andaman and the A-Pucikwar of South Andaman Island soon followed. By 1951, the census counted a total of only 23 Greater Andamanese and 10 Sentinelese. That means that just ten men, twelve women and one child remained of the Aka-Kora, Aka-Cari and Aka-Jeru tribes of Greater Andaman and only ten natives of North Sentinel Island ...
↑ Temple, Richard C. (1902). A Grammar of the Andamanese Languages, being Chapter IV of Part I of the Census Report on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Superintendent's Printing Press: Port Blair.

[Manoh1-1] Manoharan, S. (1983). "Subgrouping Andamanese group of languages." International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics XII(1): 82-95.

[vanDriem2001-2] George van Driem (2001), Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region : Containing an Introduction to the Symbiotic Theory of Language, BRILL, ISBN 90-04-12062-9, ... The Aka-Kol tribe of Middle Andaman became extinct by 1921. The Oko-Juwoi of Middle Andaman and the Aka-Bea of South Andaman and Rutland Island were extinct by 1931. The Akar-Bale of Ritchie's Archipelago, the Aka-Kede of Middle Andaman and the A-Pucikwar of South Andaman Island soon followed. By 1951, the census counted a total of only 23 Greater Andamanese and 10 Sentinelese. That means that just ten men, twelve women and one child remained of the Aka-Kora, Aka-Cari and Aka-Jeru tribes of Greater Andaman and only ten natives of North Sentinel Island ...

[Templ-3] Temple, Richard C. (1902). A Grammar of the Andamanese Languages, being Chapter IV of Part I of the Census Report on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Superintendent's Printing Press: Port Blair.

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