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Andamanese

Andamanese

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A person who is native to the Andaman Islands
  • noun
: andamanés
  • Traditional crafts made by the Andamanese are displayed in the local museum.

Examples

  • Researchers are studying the languages spoken by the Andamanese communities.

  • The Andamanese have lived on the islands for thousands of years.

  • The Andamanese people have a rich cultural heritage.

  • Many Andamanese tribes still live in isolation.

  • The Andamanese have a rich cultural history that is unique to the islands they inhabit.

  • As a member of the Andamanese, she took pride in her community's traditional practices.

  • Researchers often study the Andamanese to learn more about their language and way of life.

Surface Forms

Andamanese singular
Andamanese plural

Morphology

Andamanese = Andaman (transparent) = Andaman + ese

The ethnonym is transparently formed by adding '-ese' to the place name to denote a person from Andaman.

Etymology

Andamanese for a person also comes from Andaman and the ending -ese, so it means a person 'from the Andaman Islands'. A helpful way to remember this is to think of Andamanese like Japanese or Chinese, which also name people by where they come from.