Yaeyama

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A language of Japan

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Yayeyama
User Population

Ethnic population: 46,000 (Leclerc 2020b).

Location

Okinawa prefecture: Aregusuku, Hateruma, Hatoma, Iriomote, Ishigaki, Kohama, Kuroshima, and Taketomi islands.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Japonic, Ryukyuan, Sakishima
Dialects

Ishigaki, Kabira, Shiraho, Taketomi, Kohama, Hatoma, Sonai, Kuroshima, Hateruma. Inherent intelligibility generally impossible, or very difficult, of Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn].

Language Use

Adults only. Shifting to Japanese [jpn].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yaeyama