Kikai
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A language of Japan
User Population
Ethnic population: 13,000 (Leclerc 2020b). Those under 20 are mainly monolingual in Japanese (1989 T. Fukuda).
Location
Kagoshima prefecture: Kikai and northeast Okinawa islands.
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Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Dialects
Onotsu. Inherent intelligibility generally impossible or very difficult with Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn].
Language Use
Adults only. Shifting to Japanese [jpn].