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- The Sentinelese people are related to other indigenous groups in the Andaman Islands, a chain of islands in India's Bay of Bengal, but they've been isolated for long enough that other Andaman groups, like the Onge and the Jarawa, can't understand their language.
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The Sentinelese, also known as the Sentineli and the North Sentinel Islanders, are an indigenous people who inhabit North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal in the northeastern Indian Ocean. Designated a particularly vulnerable tribal group and a Scheduled Tribe, they belong to the broader class of Andamanese peoples.
- Origin of The Name “Sentinelese”
- Language
- Characteristics and Origin
- Lifestyle and Culture
- Religious Beliefs and Customs
- Encounter with Outsiders
The name “Sentinelese” actually refers to the island archipelago that was called such and colonized by the British in the 1850’s. However, it is not known what the natives call themselves.
The repulsive attitude of the islanders towards any attempt to know more about them has resulted in there being no concrete information regarding their language. It is presumed that the natives speak a single language that has more similarities with the Ongan language family than the Great Andamanese languages.
Due to their having a dark skin tone and dense peppercorn hair, the tribe is usually classified as Negritos, a term typically applied to varied groups of people in South East Asia, who demonstrate the features mentioned above. However, on an average, they appear to be taller than other people of the Andaman Islands. Their physical affinity with the...
Observation of these people from a distance, and their subsequent comparison with other Andamanese tribes, have led to the assumption that they are hunter-gatherers, unaware of agriculture or the skills of producing fire. It is relevant to note that the 13th-century explorer, Marco Polo, in his travel journals, described them as a “cruel generation...
The only information that is available regarding the tribe’s religion concerns their unique burial ritual. An infant, after his death, is buried and a “nautilus shell” along with a few small seashells is placed on top of the grave. Besides this, a stick resembling a “five-fingered hand” is trapped vertically in the ground beside the “embers.” The t...
Several irregular trips to North Sentinel Island that were undertaken by the Indian Government in 1970 and again in 1991 to befriend the Sentinelese were not fruitful. Even though at times, the natives made friendly gestures and accepted the gifts that were dropped, for the most part, they were unresponsive. Interestingly, in 1974, a group of anthr...
Nov 30, 2018 · While they were in the neighborhood, the British decided to declare Sentinel Island part of Britain's colonial holdings, a decision which really mattered only to the British until 1880.
May 26, 2022 · The small island is part of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago in India, and has been the home of the Sentinel tribe for over 60,0000 years, whom scientists believe is one of the first human populations to emerge from Africa, according to Survival.
Jun 14, 2023 · The tribe lives on North Sentinel Island, a Manhattan-sized patch of land found between India and Myanmar in the Indian Ocean.
- Tom Hale
Based on DNA tests taken from the Jarawa, it is thought that all these tribes migrated from Africa around 60,000 years ago and have lived uninterrupted by civilization for nearly all of that time—however, the only tribe that remains actively hostile to the outside world is the Sentinelese.
Mr Pandit first set out to visit North Sentinel island, solely inhabited by the tribe, in 1967 as part of an expedition group.
