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[[File:Andamanese languages-map.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Territory of the Kora (Aka-Kora) and other Andamanese peoples in the late 19th century (map widened for clarity).]]<br />
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.<br />
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The tribe spoke a distinctive [[Aka-Kora language|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.<ref name="weber8"/><br />
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==History==<br />
By the time of the first permanent British settlement at Port Blair (1858), the estimated size of the Kora tribe was about 500 individuals, out of perhaps 3500 Great Andamanese.<ref name="weber7">George Weber (~2009), ''[http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/chapter7/text7.htm Numbers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531230544/http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/chapter7/text7.htm |date=2012-05-31 }}''. Chapter 7 in ''[http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/text-group-BodyChapters.htm The Andamanese] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724070402/http://andaman.org/BOOK/text-group-BodyChapters.htm |date=2013-07-24 }}''. Accessed on 2012-07-12.</ref><br />
However the tribe was discovered only much later, in the work leading to the 1901 census.<ref name="weber7"/> Like other [[Andamanese people]]s, the Kora were decimated during colonial and post-colonial times, by diseases, [[alcohol (drug)|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.<ref name="weber7"/><br />
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In 1949, any remaining Kora were relocated, with all other surviving Great Andamanese, to a reservation on [[Bluff Island (Andaman)|Bluff island]].<ref name="mann"/> In 1969 they were relocated again to a reservation on Strait Island.<ref name="mann">Rann Singh Mann (2005), [https://books.google.com/books?id=FPX6wiuZ3ikC&pg=PA149 Andaman and Nicobar Tribes Restudied: Encounters and Concerns], page 149. Mittal Publications. {{ISBN|81-8324-010-0}}</ref><br />
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By 1980 only one person claimed to be a Kora member,<ref name="weber8">George Weber (~2009), ''[http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/chapter8/text8.htm The Tribes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507061710/http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/chapter8/text8.htm |date=2013-05-07 }}''. Chapter 8 in ''[http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/text-group-BodyChapters.htm The Andamanese] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724070402/http://andaman.org/BOOK/text-group-BodyChapters.htm |date=2013-07-24 }}''. Accessed on 2012-07-12.</ref> and 1994 the Kora tribe no longer existed as a separate unit.<ref name="gob">A. N. Sharma (2003), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=WEztW7c0CqQC&pg=PA75 Tribal Development in the Andaman Islands]'', page 75. Sarup & Sons, New Delhi.</ref> 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 people|Jeru]].<ref name="abbiweb">[[Anvita Abbi]] (2006), ''[http://www.andamanese.net/generalia.html Great Andamanese Community]'' in ''[http://www.andamanese.net/index.html VOGA - Vanishing Voices of the Great Andamanese]''. Accessed on 2012-07-12.</ref> The last known speaker of the Kora language died in November 2009.<ref name="abbiweb"/> They were a designated [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/ST%20Lists.pdf |page=27 |title=List of notified Scheduled Tribes |publisher=Census India |access-date=15 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107225208/http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/ST%20Lists.pdf |archive-date= 7 November 2013 }}</ref><br />
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