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Andamanese|ˌændəməˈniːz|
[f. as prec. + -ese.]
An aboriginal of the Andaman Islands; also the language of the Andaman people; also attrib. or as adj. Hence ˌAndamaˈnesian a. Also Andaˈmaner, an Andaman islander.
1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. II. xxxviii. 68 The Andemaners have no Notions of a Deity. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 513/2 The Andamaners eat rats, guanas, and snakes. 1862Andamanese Vocab. & Phraseol. 1 Those words marked thus * are strongly suspected to be Hindostanee, or words from some other language picked up by the Andamanese. 1875Jrnl. Anthrop. Inst. IV. 464 The larger shed was filled with 110 Andamanese of all ages. 1887M. V. Portman (title) A Manual of the Andamanese Languages. Part I.—Dictionary, English-Andamanese. 1907Indian Antiquary XXXVI. 220 For the purpose of an adequate presentation of Andamanese..I gradually framed a Theory of Universal Grammar. 1922Blackw. Mag. June 787/2 A keen-sighted Andamanese saw two men on a little hill. 1932W. L. Graff Language & Languages xi. 416 The Andamanesian dialects spoken by the natives of the Andaman Islands. a1942B. Malinowski Scientific Theory of Culture (1944) vi. 61 Among the..Andamanese, we can not speak of the political organization of the tribe, since this does not exist. |