Ongan peoples

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Ongan peoples are indigenous communities of the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean, known for their distinct hunter-gatherer culture and use of the Ongan language family.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ongan peoples canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
anthropologicalClassification Negrito ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance evidence of long-term island occupation ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalHeritage oral tradition ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ
culturalRegion Andaman Islands ⓘ
culturalStatus threatened by modernization ⓘ
demographicTrend declining population ⓘ
diet forest products ⓘ
seafood ⓘ
geneticSignificance ancient lineage in South Asia ⓘ
historicalInteraction British colonial administration ⓘ
Indian government ⓘ
linked to: Government of India
indigenousTo Little Andaman Island ⓘ
North Sentinel Island ⓘ
Rutland Island ⓘ
South Andaman Island ⓘ
language Jarawa language ⓘ
Onge language ⓘ
linked to: Ongan languages
languageFamily Ongan languages ⓘ
legalProtection Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriginal Tribes) Regulation ⓘ
linguisticStatus language isolate family ⓘ
locatedIn Andaman Islands ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
mobilityPattern semi-nomadic ⓘ
partOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
populationStatus endangered ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe of India ⓘ
linked to: Scheduled Tribes
region Bay of Bengal ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Great Andamanese ⓘ
Sentinelese ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
subgroup Jarawa people ⓘ
linked to: Jarawa

Onge people ⓘ
threat disease from outsiders ⓘ
encroachment on traditional lands ⓘ
traditionalBelief spirit worship ⓘ
traditionalHousing temporary huts ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTechnology bow and arrow ⓘ
canoes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ongan languages → spokenBy → Ongan peoples ⓘ
Aka-Kol language → associatedWith → Ongan peoples ⓘ