ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

Eurasia · ISO 639-3 oon · Glottocode onge1236

Önge

The sources list Önge with shifting status, classification as a member of the Jarawa-Onge family, and Devanagari as its likely script.

Language family
Jarawa-Onge
Likely script
Devanagari (Deva)
Source status
shifting
Macroarea
Eurasia
Source country codes
IN
Reference point
10.693, 92.471

Open research question

How do speakers of Önge describe their varieties, relationships to place, and priorities for documentation or revitalisation?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.