Southern Amami Ōshima language
Southern Amami Ōshima | |
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Native to | Japan |
Region | Setouchi, Kagoshima |
Ethnicity | Ryukyuan |
Native speakers | 1,800 (2004) |
Japonic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ams |
Glottolog | sout2954 |
The Southern Amami Ōshima language is a Ryukyuan language spoken in Setouchi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] It is generally considered to be the southern variety of the Amami Ōshima language, whereas a separate northern variety exists.[1][2][3]
According to Ethnologue, there are 1,800 speakers of Southern Amami Ōshima.[1] The northern variety has 10,000 speakers.[3] Both of these languages are endangered, as younger generations either speak Japanese or a local variety of Japanese known as Ton-futsūgo.[4][5]
See also[]
Southern Amami Ōshima language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
References[]
- ^ a b c "Redirected". Ethnologue. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ a b "ams | ISO 639-3". iso639-3.sil.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ a b "ryn | ISO 639-3". iso639-3.sil.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ Heinrich, Patrick (2014-08-25). "Use them or lose them: There's more at stake than language in reviving Ryukyuan tongues". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
- ^ Anderson, Mark. "Studies of Ryukyu-substrate Japanese". Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics: 441.
Categories:
- Japonic language stubs
- Ryukyuan languages
- Amami Islands
- Languages of Japan