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Andaman Creole Hindi

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Native to
  
India

Native speakers
  
10,000 (1994)

Glottolog
  
anda1280

Region
  
Andaman Islands

ISO 639-3
  
hca

Language family
  
Hindustani-based creole

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, Tamil, and Malayalam.

References

Andaman Creole Hindi Wikipedia