Naha dialect
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The Naha dialect is a prominent variety of the Okinawan language spoken in and around the city of Naha on Okinawa Island, often regarded as a standard or central urban form of the language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Naha dialect canonical | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
variety of the Okinawan language ⓘ |
| center | city of Naha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Shuri dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| considered |
central urban variety of Okinawan
ⓘ
de facto standard variety of Okinawan ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Kunigami language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miyako language ⓘ Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaeyama language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yonaguni language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatusCause | language shift to Japanese ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
honorific forms influenced by Shuri court speech
ⓘ
lexical items not found in Standard Japanese ⓘ phonological differences from Standard Japanese ⓘ |
| hasSpeakers | urban population of Naha area ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Shuri dialect
ⓘ
Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Japonic languages
ⓘ
Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| minorityLanguageOf | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Okinawan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Southern Okinawa Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | older generations more than younger generations ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Naha NERFINISHED ⓘ Okinawa Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Okinawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | endangered ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Ryukyuan linguistics research ⓘ |
| usedBy | local media in Naha area (to a limited extent) ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Japanese kana
ⓘ
kanji ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.