Northern Ryukyuan language

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branch of Ryukyuan languages language group

The Northern Ryukyuan language is a branch of the Ryukyuan languages spoken in the northern Ryukyu Islands of Japan, distinct from standard Japanese and comprising varieties such as Amami and Okinawan.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Northern Ryukyuan languages 4
Northern Ryukyuan language canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Ryukyuan languages ⓘ
language group ⓘ
affectedBy language shift to Japanese ⓘ
classificationStatus considered separate from Japanese by most linguists ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Southern Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
distinctFrom Japanese language NERFINISHED ⓘ
endangeredStatus endangered ⓘ
severely endangered ⓘ
geographicDistribution between Kyushu and central Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
north of Miyako Strait ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Northern Ryukyuan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature SOV word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
distinct phonology from Japanese ⓘ
distinct vocabulary from Japanese ⓘ
pitch accent ⓘ
rich honorific system ⓘ
hasSubgroup Amami languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Amami–Okinawan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Okinawan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariety Amami language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kikai language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kunigami language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Okinawan language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Okinoerabu language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tokunoshima language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yamatohama dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoron language NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion Ryukyu Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISOStatus not assigned a single ISO 639-3 code ⓘ
languageFamily Japonic languages ⓘ
partOf Ryukyuan language family ⓘ
recognizedAs minority language of Japan by linguists ⓘ
spokenIn Amami Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Okinawa Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Japonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy indigenous Ryukyuan people of northern Ryukyus ⓘ
writingSystem Japanese kana ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Amami language → subclassOf → Northern Ryukyuan language ⓘ
Okinawan language → subclassOf → Northern Ryukyuan language ⓘ
Southern Ryukyuan languages → geneticRelation → Northern Ryukyuan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Ryukyuan languages
Southern Ryukyuan languages → hasDialectContinuumWith → Northern Ryukyuan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Ryukyuan languages
Kunigami language → subfamily → Northern Ryukyuan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Ryukyuan languages
Kunigami → subfamily → Northern Ryukyuan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Ryukyuan languages