The Juwoi were one of the indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands, one of the ten or so Great Andamanese tribes identified by British colonials in the 1860s.

Thus, for instance, the *aka- at the beginning of the language names is a prefix for objects related to the tongue.

[2] An adjectival example can be given by the various forms of yop, "pliable, soft", in Aka-Bea:[2] Similarly, beri-nga "good" yields: The prefixes are, Body parts are inalienably possessed, requiring a possessive adjective prefix to complete them, so one cannot say "head" alone, but only "my, or his, or your, etc.

Judging from the available sources, the Andamanese languages have only two cardinal numbers — one and two — and their entire numerical lexicon is one, two, one more, some more, and all.

[2] As an example, we give part of a creation myth in Oko-Juwoi, reminiscent of Prometheus: Kuro-t'on-mik-aKuro-t'on-mik-inMomMr.Mirit-la,Pigeon,BilikGodl'ôkô-ema-t,?-slep-t,peakarwoodat-lofire-withtop-chikestealing-wasatfirelaichethe.lateLech-linLech-toa,he,kotikthenaheôko-kodak-chine?-fire-make-didat-lofire-withKarat-tatak-emi-in.Karat-tatak-emi-at.Kuro-t'on-mik-a Mom Mirit-la, Bilik l'ôkô-ema-t, peakar at-lo top-chike at laiche Lech-lin a, kotik a ôko-kodak-chine at-lo Karat-tatak-emi-in.Kuro-t'on-mik-in Mr. Pigeon, God ?-slep-t, wood fire-with stealing-was fire the.late Lech-to he, then he ?-fire-make-did fire-with Karat-tatak-emi-at.Mr.