Kunigami
E170170
Kunigami is a Ryukyuan language spoken in the northern part of Okinawa Island in Japan, distinct from standard Japanese and considered endangered.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kunigami canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ryukyuan language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Japanese
ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese language
Okinawan language ⓘ
surface form:
Okinawan language (Central Okinawan)
Japanese ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Japanese
|
| endangermentLevel | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
Ryukyuan people
ⓘ
surface form:
Okinawan people
Ryukyuan people ⓘ |
| geneticRelation |
related to Japanese language
ⓘ
related to other Ryukyuan languages ⓘ |
| glottocode | kuni1268 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kunigami Ryukyuan
ⓘ
Kunigami language ⓘ Kunigami District, Okinawa ⓘ
surface form:
Kunigami-go
|
| hasConsonantFeature | contrast between plain and palatalized consonants ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Hentona dialect
ⓘ
Kunigami proper dialects ⓘ Nago dialect ⓘ Okinoerabu dialect ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarity | shares vocabulary with other Northern Ryukyuan varieties ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
pitch accent
ⓘ
rich vowel system ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SOV word order ⓘ |
| hasVowelFeature | vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| iso639_3Code | xug ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Japonic languages
ⓘ
Ryukyuan languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| macrolanguage |
Okinawan language
ⓘ
surface form:
Okinawan (Northern Ryukyuan)
|
| oftenClassifiedAs | dialect of Okinawan in some Japanese sources ⓘ |
| primarySpeakersAgeGroup | older generations ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | distinct language by many linguists ⓘ |
| region |
Kunigami District, Okinawa
ⓘ
Okinawa Island ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Japan
ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ northern Okinawa Island ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Northern Ryukyuan language
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Ryukyuan languages
|
| threatenedBy |
language shift to Japanese
ⓘ
language shift to Okinawan Japanese ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local folk songs and storytelling
ⓘ
oral tradition in northern Okinawa ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Japanese kana
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| youngerGenerationFluency | declining ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.