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Sentinelese (Sentinel in ISO 639-3) is the unknown language of the Sentinelese people of North Sentinel Island in the Andaman Islands, India. It is presumably a distinct Andamanese language, but how closely it may be related to other languages of those families is unknown. Based on what little is known about similarities in culture and technology and their geographical proximity, it is supposed that their history and language are related to the Ongan languages rather than Great Andamanese. On the two documented occasions when Onge individuals were taken to North Sentinel Island in order to attempt communication, they were unable to recognise any of the language spoken by the inhabitants in the brief and hostile exchanges that resulted. Since interactions with the Sentinelese have been extremely rare, brief, and generally avoided by the Sentinelese themselves, there has been no material published on their language; hence there can be no classification. Since nobody outside the community can speak Sentinelese, the authorities cannot communicate with the islanders. Sentinelese is considered endangered due to the small number of speakers, which is unknown but has been estimated at anywhere from 100 to 250.
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