Andaman Creole Hindi is a trade language of the Andaman Islands, spoken as a native language especially in Port Blair and villages to the south. Singh (1994) describes it as a creolization of Hindustani, Bengali and Tamil.[1]
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| Andaman Hindi | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1994)[1] |
Language family | Hindi-based creole
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| ISO 639-3 | hca |
| Glottolog | anda1280 |
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