Andamanese
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Spoken in North Andaman (Aka-Cari, Aka-Jeru), South Andaman (Aka-Bea and neighbouring tribes).
A cover term for two distinct languages (Aka-Bea, Aka-Jeru) that no source here separates.
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See the Andamanese sky on the chart →
The sky in Andamanese
| Name | Object | Meaning | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catlo (the larger stars); Katan (the smaller) | Figures with no secure modern identification | a finely marked beetle; the common fire-fly The sun is the wife of the moon and the stars are their children; the big children are named for a beetle and the little ones for the firefly. | tribal |
| bela- | Orion's Belt | The only star or constellation in the Andamans that Man found to bear a name at all. | tribal |
| ig-yádowa- | The Milky Way | Poetically described as the road used by the mòrowin-, the spirits Man renders 'angels'. | tribal |