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]
| Southern Amami Ōshima | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Japan |
| Region | Setouchi, Kagoshima |
| Ethnicity | Ryukyuan |
Native speakers | 1,800 (2004)[1] |
Japonic
| |
| Japanese | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ams |
| Glottolog | sout2954 |
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
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References
edit- ^ a b c d Southern Amami Ōshima at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ 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 (January 2019). "Studies of Ryukyu-substrate Japanese". Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics. Routledge: 441–457. doi:10.4324/9781315213378-28. ISBN 9781315213378. S2CID 196922667.
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