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Also known as Akar-Bale language

The Bale language, Akar-Bale (also Balwa or Balawa), is an extinct Southern Great Andamanese language once spoken in the Andaman Islands in Ritchie's Archipelago, Havelock Island, and Neill Island.

Key facts

Language.name
Bale
Language.states
India
Language.region
Andaman Islands; Ritchie’s Archipelago, Havelock Island, Neill Island.
Language.extinct
between 1931 and 1951
Language.familycolor
Andamanese
Language.fam1
Great Andamanese
Language.fam2
Southern †
Language.iso3
acl
Language.linglist
acl.html
Language.glotto
akar1243
Language.glottorefname
Akarbale
Language.ethnicity
Bale
Language.map2
Lang Status 01-EX.svg
Language.altname
Balawa
Language.map
Schematic_Map_of_Andamanese_Languages_&_Tribes.png

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Grammar
  • See also
  • References

The Bale language, Akar-Bale (also Balwa or Balawa), is an extinct Southern Great Andamanese language once spoken in the Andaman Islands in Ritchie's Archipelago, Havelock Island, and Neill Island.

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akar-Bale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.