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Onge
Indigenous Group Önge (Also known as: Ong)
Location
India, Andhra Pradesh, highest concentration in Kurnool District, Nallamalla Hills; Karnataka; Orissa.
Estimated Population 100 (2005, Planet Ark)
Environment Tropical Island
Lifestyle Semi-Nomadic
Subsistence Agriculture / Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
Level of Assimilation Traditional
Language Family Önge
Classification: Andamanese, Southern Andamanese
Alternative Names: Ong

Dialects:A distinct language from Sentinelese
Website URLs Ethnologue
Tourism Andaman, Indigenous Tribes
News Article: 2004 Tsunami Effect on India
Planet Ark, Article: Tsunami Spells Hope for India’s Hunter Gatherers
Race & History, Article: Tribal Africans in India, A History of Alienation
Society for Andaman & Nicobar Ecology: Article, Supreme Court, The Önge Case
Frontline, Article: A People in Peril
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Article: Deforestation in India
India Together, Article: The Road to Destruction
NGOs Survival International
World Rainforest Movement
Grain, Article: Will India Protect Tribal Biodiversity Rights?
The Peoples of the World Foundation
Cultural Survival

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