Aka-Bea
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The Bea language, Aka-Bea, also called Bojigyab, is an extinct Great Andamanese language of the Southern group. It was spoken around the western Andaman Strait and around the northern and western coast of South Andaman. It was well documented in the late 19th century, but died out in the 1920s. The term was used both to name the language and the people who spoke it, derived from the prefix , used to name objects related to the tongue, and , meaning 'spring-water'.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Bea
- Language.states
- India
- Language.region
- Andaman Islands; South Andaman island except northeast coast, and north and east interiors; Rutland island except south coast; small islands southeast of Rutland; Labyrinth Islands.
- Language.extinct
- 1920s
- Language.familycolor
- Andamanese
- Language.fam1
- Great Andamanese
- Language.fam2
- Southern
- Language.iso3
- abj
- Language.linglist
- abj.html
- Language.glotto
- akab1249
- Language.glottorefname
- Akabea
- Language.altname
- Bojigyab, Bôjingîjîda
- Language.map
- Languages_and_dialects_of_the_Andaman_Islands_at_British_contact.png
- Language.ethnicity
- Bea
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- Consonants
- Notes
- Vowels
- Grammar
- Numerals
- Sample texts
- See also
- References
The Bea language, Aka-Bea, also called Bojigyab, is an extinct Great Andamanese language of the Southern group. It was spoken around the western Andaman Strait and around the northern and western coast of South Andaman. It was well documented in the late 19th century, but died out in the 1920s. The term was used both to name the language and the people who spoke it, derived from the prefix , used to name objects related to the tongue, and , meaning 'spring-water'.
==History== The Bea were one of the indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands, one of the ten or so Great Andamanese tribes identified by British colonials in the 1860s. Their language was closely related to the other Great Andamanese languages. They were extinct as a distinct people between 1921 and 1931.