Kuroshima dialect

E543211

Ryukyuan language variety dialect

The Kuroshima dialect is a local variety of the Yaeyama language spoken on Kuroshima Island in Okinawa, Japan, reflecting the island’s distinct Ryukyuan linguistic and cultural heritage.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Aragusuku dialect	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ryukyuan language variety ⓘ dialect ⓘ
associatedWith	local oral traditions ⓘ local rituals and festivals ⓘ traditional songs of Kuroshima Island ⓘ
belongsTo	Southern Ryukyuan subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	other Yaeyama dialects ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalHeritage	Kuroshima Island local culture ⓘ Ryukyuan culture ⓘ
distinctFrom	Miyako language ⓘ Okinawan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
endangeredStatus	endangered ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Kuroshima Yaeyama dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	grammatical structures characteristic of Yaeyama language ⓘ lexical items unique to Kuroshima Island ⓘ phonological features typical of Southern Ryukyuan ⓘ
influencedBy	Standard Japanese vocabulary ⓘ regional Japanese of Okinawa ⓘ
intergenerationalTransmission	declining ⓘ
isOralTraditionDominant	true ⓘ
languageFamily	Japonic languages ⓘ Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Japan ⓘ Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
minorityLanguageOf	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
notOfficialLanguageOf	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Okinawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Yaeyama language NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservationEfforts	local cultural activities ⓘ
region	Sakishima Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaeyama Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
shiftTowards	Okinawan Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy	primarily older generations ⓘ
spokenIn	Kuroshima Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
statusInEducation	rarely used as medium of formal education ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Yaeyama dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	inhabitants of Kuroshima Island ⓘ
usedInDomain	home and community communication ⓘ traditional cultural events ⓘ
writingSystem	Japanese kana ⓘ kanji ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yaeyama language → hasDialect → Kuroshima dialect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aragusuku dialect