The A-Pucikwar were one of the
indigenous peoples of the
Andaman Islands, located in the
Bay of Bengal, and which form part of the
Union Territory of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
India. Formerly, they stood as one of the ten or so distinct tribal groups identified at the time of the initial
British colonisation of the islands in the 1860s, under the wider designation of
Great Andamanese peoples. As the numbers of Great Andamanese progressively declined over the succeeding decades, the various groups either disappeared altogether or became amalgamated through intermarriage. By the 1901 census, the distinctions between tribal groups and subgroups had become considerably blurred, and by the start of the 21st century only approximately 50 or so individuals remained who could trace their ancestry and culture back to Great Andamanese forebears (particularly Aka-Jeru, but also some A-Pucikwar, Aka-Bo and
Aka-Kora; some intermarriage had also occurred with Indian and
Karen (Burmese) settlers).
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A-Pucikwar is an almost extinct language spoken in the Andaman Islands.
The language is: A-Pucikwar
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