| Jeru | |
|---|---|
| Aka-Jeru | |
| Spoken in | India |
| Region | Andaman Islands |
| Native speakers | disputed (date missing) |
| Language family |
Great Andamanese
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | either: akj – Aka-Jeru gac – Great Andamanese creole |
The Jeru language, Aka-Jeru (also known as Yerawa, not to be confused with Järawa), is a Great Andamanese language, of the Northern group. Whether Jeru is extinct is disputed. The Andaman website reports 7 speakers[1]; at issue is whether the surviving Great Andamanese language is Jeru, Pucikwar, or a creole based on several languages, of which Jeru is a primary component. Jeru was spoken in the interior and south coast of North Andaman and on Sound Island.
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