Great Andamanese Koiné

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Great Andamanese Koiné is a Great Andamanese language spoken in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is a koiné language, meaning that it has arisen from the mixing of Great Andamanese languages. It is primarily based on the biggest surviving Great Andamanese language, Aka-Jeru.

Here are the numbers from one to three, as well as the word for "many", translated to Great Andamanese Koiné:

Number IPA
1 /ontoplo/
2 /irʈubui/, /ertapʰul/, /onjiŋkɔ/
3 /incinkɔ/, /ondaːfol/
Many /ɛraːkaːmu/, /narakamu/

Source: "Lexicon of the Great Andamanese Language"

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