Southern Amami Ōshima dialect
E567668
The Southern Amami Ōshima dialect is a Ryukyuan variety spoken in the southern part of Amami Ōshima Island in Japan, noted for its distinct phonology and grammar within the Amami language group.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Amami Ōshima dialect canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ryukyuan language variety
ⓘ
dialect ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Northern Amami Ōshima dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tokunoshima language ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| hasDistinctFeature |
distinct grammar within Amami language group
ⓘ
distinct phonology within Amami language group ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
consonant gemination
ⓘ
honorific forms influenced by Japanese ⓘ pitch accent system ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
complex verbal inflection
ⓘ
distinctive aspect and mood marking ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
palatalized consonants
ⓘ
rich vowel system compared to Japanese ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Kagoshima Japanese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Ryukyuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Japonic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Amami Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Okinawan language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Amami language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Amami Ōshima language continuum ⓘ |
| region | Naze area and southern settlements of Amami Ōshima ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Amami Ōshima Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Amami Ōshima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Amami languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Japonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectTo | language documentation efforts ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
decline in intergenerational transmission
ⓘ
language shift to Japanese ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SOV basic word order
ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ postpositional case marking ⓘ |
| usedBy | local communities in southern Amami Ōshima ⓘ |
| usedIn |
oral tradition and local folklore
ⓘ
traditional songs and chants ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Japanese kana
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.