Yonaguni language
E534397
The Yonaguni language is a highly endangered Ryukyuan language spoken on Japan’s Yonaguni Island, distinct from but related to Japanese and other Yaeyama languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yonaguni language canonical | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ryukyuan language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Dunan munui
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yonaguni dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Yonaguni-go NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classificationDebate |
often treated as separate from Yaeyama language
ⓘ
sometimes classified as a Yaeyama variety ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus |
moribund
ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ |
| geographicIsolation | spoken on Japan’s westernmost inhabited island ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | carrier of Yonaguni Island traditions and oral literature ⓘ |
| hasDomain | home and informal community use among older speakers ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | yona1241 ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | yoi ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature | many basic vocabulary items not mutually intelligible with Japanese ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant and vowel inventory distinct from Standard Japanese
ⓘ
distinctive tone or pitch accent ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SOV word order ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Japanese language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intergenerationalTransmission | largely broken ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Japanese language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yaeyama language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Japonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility |
low mutual intelligibility with other Yaeyama varieties
ⓘ
not mutually intelligible with Japanese ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakers | very few ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakersTrend | declining ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | distinct language by many linguists ⓘ |
| region | Yaeyama Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Japanese language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Okinawan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaeyama language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
academic documentation and description
ⓘ
local community initiatives ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Yonaguni Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subbranch | Southern Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | language documentation projects ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
dominance of Standard Japanese in education and media
ⓘ
language shift to Japanese ⓘ |
| usedBy | Yonaguni people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Japanese kana
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.