Amami-Oshima, Southern

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A language of Japan

ISO 639-3
ams
Alternate Names
Southern Amami-Osima
User Population

1,800 (2004).

Location

Kagoshima prefecture: south Amami-Oshima, Kakeroma, north Okinawa, Uke, and Yoro islands.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Japonic, Ryukyuan, Amami-Okinawan, Northern Amami-Okinawan
Dialects

None known. Inherent intelligibility low with other Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn].

Language Use

Adults only. Shifting to Japanese [jpn].

Language Development

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