Okinoerabu dialect
E648990
The Okinoerabu dialect is a regional variety of the Northern Ryukyuan Kunigami language spoken on Okinoerabu Island in Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ryukyuan language variety
ⓘ
dialect ⓘ |
| classifiedByOthersAs | dialect of Kunigami ⓘ |
| classifiedBySomeAs | separate Ryukyuan language ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Okinoerabu Ryukyuan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Okinoerabu language (in some classifications) ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Old Japanese
NERFINISHED
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Proto‑Ryukyuan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain | oral communication ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
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rich verbal inflection ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant gemination
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distinct vowel length contrasts ⓘ pitch accent system ⓘ |
| hasRevitalizationEffort |
community language classes
ⓘ
local documentation projects ⓘ |
| hasSubvariety |
China (Chinase) variety
ⓘ
Wadomari variety ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | basic SOV word order ⓘ |
| isConsidered | minority language variety in Japan ⓘ |
| isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith | Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Japonic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lexicallyRelatedTo |
Standard Japanese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
other Northern Ryukyuan dialects ⓘ |
| partOf | Northern Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Amami Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sharesFeatureWith |
Amami Ōshima dialects
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Okinawan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoron dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Japan
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Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Okinoerabu Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Kunigami language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Ryukyuan linguistics research ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | language shift to Japanese ⓘ |
| underInfluenceFrom |
Kagoshima Japanese
ⓘ
Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | local communities on Okinoerabu Island ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Japanese kana
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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