Miyako language
E533159
The Miyako language is a Southern Ryukyuan language of Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, spoken primarily on the Miyako Islands and noted for its distinct phonology and endangered status.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Ryukyuan language
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endangered language ⓘ |
| classifiedBy | UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Miyako Ryukyuan
NERFINISHED
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Miyako-jima language ⓘ Miyakoan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Central Miyako dialect
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Hirara dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Ikema dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Irabu dialect ⓘ Ogami dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarama dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | miya1259 ⓘ |
| hasISO639-3Code | mvi ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
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rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
absence of typical Japanese /r/ phoneme in some dialects
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complex consonant clusters ⓘ contrastive vowel length in many dialects ⓘ distinctive syllabic nasals ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerShiftTo | Japanese language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
basic SOV word order
ⓘ
postpositional case marking ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Japanese script
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
hiragana ⓘ katakana ⓘ |
| isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Okinawan language
NERFINISHED
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Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Ryukyuan language continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Southern Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Japonic languages ⓘ |
| region | Sakishima Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Ikema Island
NERFINISHED
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Irabu Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurima Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Minna Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Miyako Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Miyakojima Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Okinawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarama Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
head-final language
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pitch-accent or tonal distinctions in some dialects ⓘ |
| underInfluenceFrom |
Japanese language
NERFINISHED
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Okinawan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup | Miyako people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.