| Ongan | |
|---|---|
| South Andamanese | |
| Geographic distribution | Andaman Islands |
| Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
| Proto-language | Proto-Ongan |
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| Glottolog | jara1244 |
 Distribution of the Ongan languages prior to 1850 (Fig. 1) and in 2005 (Fig. 2) | |
Ongan, also called Angan,[1] South Andamanese or Jarawa–Onge, is a language family which comprises two attested Andamanese languages spoken in the southern Andaman Islands.
The two known extant languages are:
- Önge or Onge (⟨ö⟩ transcribes /ə/); 96 speakers (Onge) in 1997, mostly monolingual
- Jarawa or Järawa; estimated at 200 speakers (Jarawa) in 1997, monolingual
- ^ Abbi, Anvita. 2013. A Grammar of the Great Andamanese Language. Brill's Studies in South and Southwest Asian Languages, Volume 4.