Onge language: Difference between revisions

Önge used to be spoken throughout Little Andaman as well as in smaller islands to the north - and possibly in the southern tip of [[South Andaman]] island. Since the middle of the 19th century, with the arrival of the British in the [[Andaman Islands|Andamans]], and, after [[Partition of India|Indian independence]], the massive inflow of Indian settlers from the mainland, the number of Onge speakers has steadily declined, although a moderate increase has been observed in recent years.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.combatlaw.org/information.php?article_id=23&issue_id=9|title=The Colonisation of Little Andaman Island|access-date=2008-06-23}}</ref> Currently, there are only 94 native speakers of Onge,<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=oon|title=''Önge language'' - The Ethnologue}}</ref> confined to a single settlement in the northeast of Little Andaman island (see map below), making it an [[endangered language]].