Yaeyama-go
E533158
Yaeyama-go is a Southern Ryukyuan language spoken in Japan’s Yaeyama Islands, known for its distinct grammar and vocabulary that differ significantly from standard Japanese.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Ryukyuan language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus |
UNESCO endangered language
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definitely endangered ⓘ |
| glottocode | yaey1241 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Yaeyama Ryukyuan
NERFINISHED
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Yaeyama language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Hateruma dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iriomote dialect ⓘ Ishigaki dialect ⓘ Taketomi dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Yonaguni dialect (sometimes treated separately) ⓘ |
| hasDistinctGrammarFrom | Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDistinctVocabularyFrom | Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
SOV word order
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ postpositions ⓘ rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Chinese
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
pitch accent system ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort |
community documentation projects
ⓘ
local language classes ⓘ |
| hasStatusInJapan |
not officially recognized as a separate language by the Japanese government
ⓘ
often classified as a dialect of Japanese in official contexts ⓘ |
| hasTypologicalSimilarityTo |
Miyako language
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ⓘ
Okinawan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasYoungerSpeakerShiftTo |
Japanese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Okinawan Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith | Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | rys ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Ryukyuan linguistic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Japonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Yaeyama Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Okinawa Prefecture
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ⓘ
Yaeyama Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subbranch | Southern Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup | Yaeyama people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
folk songs
ⓘ
local ceremonies ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Japanese kana
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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