Northern Amami Ōshima dialect

E566364

Ryukyuan language variety dialect endangered language

The Northern Amami Ōshima dialect is a Ryukyuan language variety spoken on the northern part of Amami Ōshima Island in Japan, noted for its distinct phonology and endangered status.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Amami Ōshima dialect canonical	1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Ryukyuan language variety ⓘ dialect ⓘ endangered language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Southern Amami Ōshima dialect ⓘ Tokunoshima language NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
distinctFrom	Okinawan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
endangeredStatusCause	decline in intergenerational transmission ⓘ language shift to Japanese ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Amami Ōshima (North) NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Amami dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Amami Ōshima language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	consonant distinctions not present in Standard Japanese ⓘ contrastive pitch accent ⓘ distinct vowel system from Standard Japanese ⓘ
hasProperty	distinct phonology ⓘ endangered status ⓘ
languageFamily	Japonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Amami Ōshima Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Amami Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Amami Ōshima Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Amami language NERFINISHED ⓘ
threatenedBy	dominance of Japanese in education ⓘ media influence of Standard Japanese ⓘ
usedBy	local communities in northern Amami Ōshima ⓘ
writingSystem	Japanese kana ⓘ Latin alphabet ⓘ

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

Amami language → hasDialect → Northern Amami Ōshima dialect ⓘ