Andaman Hindi Creole

A language of India

ISO 639: hca
Alternate Names: Andaman Hindi
Population: 10,000 (Singh 1994a).
Location:: Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory: Port Blair, 40 villages south of Port Blair.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Creole, Hindi based
Dialects: None known. A creolization of Hindustani, Bengali [ben], and Malayalam [mal].
Language Use: Home. Used by all. Also use English [eng]. Also use Hindi [hin], especially with outsiders. A situation of diglossia. Used as L2 by Mixed Great Andamanese [gac].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Andaman Hindi Creole
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].
Other Comments: Spoken as L1 by mixed generations of communities. Contains elements of Indo-Aryan and Dravidian grammar. No literature exists in the creole. Standard Hindi literature is used.

Location: Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory: Port Blair, 40 villages south of Port Blair.