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Oko-Juwoi
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The Juwoi language, Oko-Juwoi (also Junoi), is an extinct Great Andamanese language, of the Central group. It was spoken in the west central and southwest interior of Middle Andaman by the Juwoi people.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Juwoi
- Language.states
- India
- Language.region
- Andaman Islands; west central and southwest interior Middle Andaman Island.
- Language.extinct
- by 1931
- Language.familycolor
- Andamanese
- Language.fam1
- Great Andamanese
- Language.fam2
- Central Andamanese
- Language.iso3
- okj
- Language.linglist
- okj.html
- Language.glotto
- okoj1239
- Language.glottorefname
- Okojuwoi
- Language.ethnicity
- Juwoi
- Language.map2
- Lang Status 01-EX.svg
- Language.map
- Languages_and_dialects_of_the_Andaman_Islands_at_British_contact.png
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- extinct language
- Subclass of
- Great Andamanese
- Country
- India
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- linguistic typology
- agglutinative language
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Grammar
- Sample
- References
The Juwoi language, Oko-Juwoi (also Junoi), is an extinct Great Andamanese language, of the Central group. It was spoken in the west central and southwest interior of Middle Andaman by the Juwoi people.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oko-Juwoi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.