Sentinelese

noun
/ˌsɛntɪnəˈliːz/

Etymology

From Sentinel + -ese.

Definitions

  1. A member of an indigenous people of the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal. They…

    A member of an indigenous people of the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal. They inhabit North Sentinel Island.

    • Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, made the illegal voyage to North Sentinel Island, home to the enigmatic Sentinelese tribe, on March 29, Indian police told CNN.
  2. The language of these people, unknown but presumed to belong to one of the Andamanese…

    The language of these people, unknown but presumed to belong to one of the Andamanese language families.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Sentinelese. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA