Kunigami

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A language of Japan

ISO 639-3
xug
User Population

5,000 (2004).

Location

Okinawa prefecture: central and north Okinawa island; Ie-jima, Iheya, Izena, and Sesoko islands.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

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

Nago. Inherent intelligibility generally impossible, or very difficult, of Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn]. Ryukyuan languages are 62%–70% cognate with Tokyo dialect of Japanese. Lexical similarity: Ryukyu languages: 62%–70% with Tokyo dialect of Japanese.

Language Use

Those under 20 are mainly monolingual in Japanese (1989 T. Fukuda). Adults only. Shifting to Japanese [jpn].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kunigami