Miyako Ryukyuan

E941132

Miyako Ryukyuan is a Japonic language spoken in the Miyako Islands of Okinawa, Japan, known for being distinct from standard Japanese and classified as endangered.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Miyako Ryukyuan canonical 1
Miyakoan Ryukyuan 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japonic language
Ryukyuan language
language
country Japan
distinctFrom Japanese language NERFINISHED
Standard Japanese NERFINISHED
endangermentStatus definitely endangered
endangered
glottocode miya1259
hasAlternativeName Miyako Ryukyuan language NERFINISHED
Miyako language NERFINISHED
Miyakoan NERFINISHED
hasDialect Hirara Miyako dialect
Ikema dialect NERFINISHED
Irabu dialect NERFINISHED
Ogami dialect
Shimoji Miyako dialect
Tarama dialect
hasFeature SOV word order
agglutinative morphology
complex verb morphology
distinct lexicon from Japanese
phonemic vowel length
pitch accent
postpositions
hasMorphosyntacticAlignment nominative–accusative
hasPhonologicalFeature reduced consonant inventory compared to Japanese
syllabic nasals in some dialects
ISO639-3Code mvi
languageBranch Ryukyuan
languageFamily Japonic
languageGroup Southern Ryukyuan NERFINISHED
partOf Southern Ryukyuan subgroup NERFINISHED
recognizedBy UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger NERFINISHED
region Miyako Subgroup of the Ryukyus NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ikema Island NERFINISHED
Irabu Island NERFINISHED
Kurima Island NERFINISHED
Miyako Islands NERFINISHED
Miyakojima Island NERFINISHED
Okinawa Prefecture NERFINISHED
Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED
Tarama Island NERFINISHED
subclassOf Japonic languages
Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED
subjectTo language shift to Japanese
threatenedBy dominance of Japanese language
usedBy Miyako people NERFINISHED
writingSystem Japanese kana
Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Miyakoan hasAlternativeName Miyako Ryukyuan
Miyakoan hasAlternativeName Miyako Ryukyuan
this entity surface form: Miyakoan Ryukyuan