Amami-Oshima, Northern

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Alternate Names
Northern Amami-Osima, Oosima, Oshima, Osima
User Population

9,700 (Leclerc 2020b).

Location

Kagoshima prefecture: north Amami-Oshima and northwest Okinawa islands.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

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

Naze, Sani. Inherent intelligibility generally impossible, or very difficult, with Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn].

Language Use

Adults only. Shifting to Japanese [jpn].

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