Information on the Great Andamanese people, their language, history, and culture, based on two decades of research. Highlights the language as a potential sixth language family of India and genetic research supporting its distinctness.
>"Three major points emerge from her research:
> Great Andamanese and Jarawa-Onge languages are class apart. (Abbi 2003)
> “We cannot rule out the possibility of multiple dispersions from Africa at different times, and also from different locations”.
> “We may also consider positing not one but two separate migrations out of Africa into the Andamans.
> The first one by the Great Andamanese 70,000 years ago and the second one by the Ang family, (perhaps around 50,000 years ago)” (Abbi 2008)"
>"Three major points emerge from her research:
> Great Andamanese and Jarawa-Onge languages are class apart. (Abbi 2003)
> “We cannot rule out the possibility of multiple dispersions from Africa at different times, and also from different locations”.
> “We may also consider positing not one but two separate migrations out of Africa into the Andamans.
> The first one by the Great Andamanese 70,000 years ago and the second one by the Ang family, (perhaps around 50,000 years ago)” (Abbi 2008)"
