Also known as Önge, Ongee, Öñge
The Onge (also Önge, Ongee, and Öñge) are an Andamanese ethnic group, indigenous to the Andaman Islands in Southeast Asia at the Bay of Bengal, India. They are traditionally hunter-gatherers and fishers, but also practice plant cultivation. They are designated as a Scheduled Tribe of India.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Onge
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- oon
- Ethnic group.image
- A young Onge mother with her baby.jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- A young Onge mother with her baby
- Ethnic group.population
- 101
- Ethnic group.total_year
- 2011 census
- Ethnic group.regions
- specifically Little Andaman Island
- Ethnic group.languages
- Önge, one of the Ongan languages
- Ethnic group.religions
- traditional folk religion (animism)
- Ethnic group.related_groups
- other Andamanese peoples, especially Jarawa
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