Yaeyama language
E145954
The Yaeyama language is a Southern Ryukyuan language spoken in Japan’s Yaeyama Islands, distinct from standard Japanese and recognized as endangered.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yaeyama language canonical | 9 |
| Yonaguni language | 3 |
| Hateruma dialect | 1 |
| Iriomote dialect | 1 |
| Ishigaki dialect | 1 |
| Yaeyama dialect (of Ryukyuan) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1173350 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yaeyama language Context triple: [Ryukyuan people, hasLanguage, Yaeyama language]
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A.
Ryukyuan languages
The Ryukyuan languages are a group of closely related but distinct Japonic languages traditionally spoken in Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, many of which are now endangered.
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B.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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C.
Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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D.
Yapese
Yapese is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Yap and nearby islands in the western Pacific.
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E.
Amami language
The Amami language is a Ryukyuan language spoken in Japan’s Amami Islands, known for its endangered status and distinct phonology and grammar within the Japonic language family.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yaeyama language Target entity description: The Yaeyama language is a Southern Ryukyuan language spoken in Japan’s Yaeyama Islands, distinct from standard Japanese and recognized as endangered.
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A.
Ryukyuan languages
The Ryukyuan languages are a group of closely related but distinct Japonic languages traditionally spoken in Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, many of which are now endangered.
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B.
Kawaiisu language
Kawaiisu language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Kawaiisu people of southern California.
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C.
Chimariko language
The Chimariko language is an extinct Native American language once spoken in northwestern California, often classified within the proposed Hokan language family.
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D.
Yapese
Yapese is an Austronesian language spoken primarily on the island of Yap and nearby islands in the western Pacific.
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E.
Amami language
The Amami language is a Ryukyuan language spoken in Japan’s Amami Islands, known for its endangered status and distinct phonology and grammar within the Japonic language family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ryukyuan language
ⓘ
Southern Ryukyuan language ⓘ endangered language ⓘ language of Japan ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Miyako language
ⓘ
Yonaguni language ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Japanese language
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Japanese
|
| endangeredStatus |
UNESCO endangered language
ⓘ
definitely endangered ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Aragusuku Islands
ⓘ
Hateruma Island ⓘ Hatoma Island ⓘ Iriomote Island ⓘ Ishigaki ⓘ
surface form:
Ishigaki Island
Kohama Island ⓘ Kuroshima Island ⓘ Taketomi Island ⓘ |
| glottologCode | yaey1239 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Yaeyama Ryukyuan
ⓘ
Yaeyama language ⓘ
surface form:
Yaeyama dialect (of Ryukyuan)
Yaeyama-go ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Kuroshima dialect
ⓘ
surface form:
Aragusuku dialect
Yaeyama language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hateruma dialect
Hatoma dialect ⓘ Yaeyama language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Iriomote dialect
Yaeyama language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ishigaki dialect
Kohama dialect ⓘ Kuroshima dialect ⓘ Taketomi dialect ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate | several thousand speakers ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | pitch accent ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Japanese script
ⓘ
Kana ⓘ Kanji ⓘ |
| isEndangeredIn | Japan ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | rys ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Japonic languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Southern Ryukyuan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Ryukyuan branch
|
| region |
Ryukyu Islands
ⓘ
Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern Ryukyus
|
| spokenIn |
Japan
ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ Yaeyama Islands ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Japonic language ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
language shift to Japanese
ⓘ
language shift to Okinawan Japanese ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yaeyama language Description of subject: The Yaeyama language is a Southern Ryukyuan language spoken in Japan’s Yaeyama Islands, distinct from standard Japanese and recognized as endangered.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yonaguni language
this entity surface form:
Yonaguni language
this entity surface form:
Yonaguni language
this entity surface form:
Ishigaki dialect
this entity surface form:
Iriomote dialect
this entity surface form:
Hateruma dialect
this entity surface form:
Yaeyama dialect (of Ryukyuan)