Andaman Creole Hindi

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]

Andaman Creole Hindi
Andaman Hindi
Native to	India
Region	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1994)[1]
Language family	Hindi-Bengali-Tamil-based creole Andaman Creole Hindi
Official status
Recognised minority language in	India Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hca
Glottolog	anda1280