Akabea
| Bea | |
|---|---|
| Bojigyab, Bôjingîjîda | |
| Aka-Bea | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Andaman Islands; South Andaman island except northeast coast, and north and east interiors; Rutland island except south coast; small islands southeast of Rutland; Labyrinth Islands. |
| Ethnicity | Bea |
| Extinct | 1920s |
Great Andamanese
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | abj |
abj.html | |
| Glottolog | akab1249 |
Aka-Bea | |
The Bea language, Aka-Bea, also called Bojigyab, is an extinct Great Andamanese language of the Southern group. It was spoken around the western Andaman Strait and around the northern and western coast of South Andaman. It was well documented in the late 19th century, but died out in the 1920s. The term Aka-Bea was used both to name the language and the people who spoke it, derived from the prefix aka-, used to name objects related to the tongue, and bea, meaning 'spring-water'.