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The Kora, Khora or Cora were one of the ten indigenous tribes of the Great Andamanese people, originally living on the eastern part of North Andaman Island in the Indian Ocean. The tribe is now extinct, although some of the remaining Great Andamanese on Strait Island claim to have Kora ancestors. The tribe spoke a distinctive Kora language, closely related to the other Great Andamanese languages. The native name for the language was ''Aka-Kora'', also spelled ''Aka-Khora'' or ''Aka-Cora'' (''Aka-'' being a prefix for "tongue"); and this name is often used for the tribe itself. They were divided between shore-dwellers (''aryoto'') and forest-dwellers (''eremtaga'') subtribes.〔 ==History== By the time of the first permanent British settlement at Port Blair (1858), the estimates size of the Kora tribe was about 500 individuals, out of perhaps 3500 Great Andamanese.〔George Weber (~2009), ''(Numbers )''. Chapter 7 in ''(The Andamanese )''. Accessed on 2012-07-12.〕 However the tribe was discovered only much later, in the work leading to the 1901 census.〔 Like other Andamanese peoples, the Kora were decimated during colonial and post-colonial times, by diseases, alcohol, colonial warfare and loss of territory. The census of 1901 recorded 96 individuals, which decreased to 71 in 1911, 48 in 1921, and 24 in 1931.〔 In 1949, any remaining Kora were relocated, with all other surviving Great Andamanese, to a reservation on Bluff island.〔 In 1969 they were relocated again to a reservation on Strait Island.〔Rann Singh Mann (2005), (Andaman and Nicobar Tribes Restudied: Encounters and Concerns ), page 149. Mittal Publications. ISBN 81-8324-010-0〕 By 1980 only one person claimed to be a Kora member,〔George Weber (~2009), ''(The Tribes )''. Chapter 8 in ''(The Andamanese )''. Accessed on 2012-07-12.〕 and 1994 the Kora tribe no longer existed as a separate unit.〔A. N. Sharma (2003), ''(Tribal Development in the Andaman Islands )'', page 75. Sarup & Sons, New Delhi.〕 Although descendants of the Kora were still living in the Great Andamanese reservation of Strait Island as of 2006, they identified themselves as members of other tribes, mainly Jeru.〔Anvita Abbi (2006), ''(Great Andamanese Community )'' in ''(VOGA - Vanishing Voices of the Great Andamanese )''. Accessed on 2012-07-12.〕 The last known speaker of the Kora language died in November 2009.〔 They were a designated Scheduled Tribe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kora people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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