Aka-Kora language

Kora
Aka-Kora
Native toIndia
RegionAndaman Islands; northeast and north central coasts of North Andaman Island, Smith Island
EthnicityKora
ExtinctNovember 2009, with the death of Boro[1]
Great Andamanese
  • Northern
    • Kora
Language codes
ISO 639-3ack
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Glottologakak1251
ELPAka-Kora

The Kora (Cora) language, Aka-Kora, is an extinct Great Andamanese language, of the Northern group. It was spoken on the northeast and north central coasts of North Andaman and on Smith Island.

It has been extinct since November 2009 when its last speaker, Boro, died.[1] It is likely a variety of a Northern Great Andamanese language, as it is very similar to Aka-Jeru, without any unique features.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Andamanese tribes, languages die". The Hindu. February 5, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  2. ^ Zamponi, Raoul; Comrie, Bernard (2021). A grammar of Akajeru: fragments of a traditional North Andamanese dialect (PDF). Grammars of world and minority languages. London: UCL Press. ISBN 978-1-80008-093-5.