Aka-Cari language

Not to be confused with the Kapriman language, also called Sare.
Cari
Sare
Aka-Cari
Native toIndia
RegionAndaman Islands; north coast of North Andaman Island, Landfall Island, other nearby small islands.
EthnicityCariar
Extinct4 April 2020, with the death of Licho[1]
Great Andamanese
  • Northern
    • Cari
Language codes
ISO 639-3aci
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Glottologakac1240

The Cari (occasionally "Kari"), Chariar or Sare language, also known as Aka-Cari, is an extinct Great Andamanese language, of the Northern group, which was spoken by the Cari people, one of a dozen Great Andamanese peoples.[2][3][4]

In the 19th century the Cari lived on the north coast of North Andaman and on Landfall and other nearby small islands. By 1994 the population had been reduced to two women aged over 50 living with the other few surviving Great Andamanese on Strait Island. Aka-Cari became extinct with the death of Licho in April 2020.[5][6][1]

  1. ^ a b A. N. Sharma (2003), Tribal Development in the Andaman Islands, page 62. Sarup & Sons, New Delhi.
  2. ^ "Ethnologue India". Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. ^ George Weber (~2009), Numbers Archived 31 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Chapter 7 of The Andamanese Archived 5 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed on 12 July 2012.
  4. ^ Abbi, Anvita (2009). "Is Great Andamanese genealogically and typologically distinct from Onge and Jarawa?". Language Sciences. 31 (6): 791–812. doi:10.1016/j.langsci.2008.02.002.
  5. ^ Abbi, Anvita (30 April 2020). "The Pandemic Also Threatens Endangered Languages". scientificamerican.com. Scientific American. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Remembering Licho, the Last Speaker of the Sare Language". terralingua.org. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2023.