Kunigami Ryukyuan
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Kunigami Ryukyuan is a Ryukyuan language variety spoken in the northern part of Okinawa Island in Japan, distinct from standard Japanese and other Ryukyuan languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kunigami Ryukyuan canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ryukyuan language
ⓘ
endangered language ⓘ language variety ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Ryukyuan cultural sphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classifiedBy | UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Okinawan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Miyako language
ⓘ
Okinawan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaeyama language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yonaguni language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| glottocode | kuni1256 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Kunigami
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kunigami language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Hentona dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kunigami proper ⓘ Nago dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Okinoerabu dialect ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | small and declining speaker population ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
pitch accent
ⓘ
rich vowel system ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature | SOV word order ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Japanese script
ⓘ
kana ⓘ kanji ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | xug ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Japonic ⓘ |
| moreDistantlyRelatedTo | Japanese language ⓘ |
| oftenClassifiedAs | dialect of Northern Ryukyuan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Japonic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | distinct language by many linguists ⓘ |
| region |
Kunigami District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nago City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Japan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Okinawa Island ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Northern Ryukyuan language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
assimilation policies
ⓘ
language shift to Japanese ⓘ |
| usedBy | indigenous Ryukyuan people ⓘ |
| usedIn |
folk songs
ⓘ
local rituals ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.