Aka-Jeru language

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Aka-Jeru
Spoken in: India 
Region: Andaman Islands
Total speakers: extinct except as a component of the Present Great Andamanese creole
Language family: Andamanese (possibly)
 Great Andamanese
  Northern
   Aka-Jeru
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: akj

Aka-Jeru (also known as Jeru, Yerawa) is an extinct Great Andamanese language, of the Northern group. It was spoken in the interior and south coast of North Andaman and on Sound Island. Present Great Andamanese is a creole based on Aka-Jeru.

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