Irabu Miyakoan

E941581

Irabu Miyakoan is a specific dialect of the Miyakoan language spoken on Irabu Island in Okinawa, Japan.

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Irabu Miyakoan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ryukyuan language variety
dialect
belongsToEthnicGroup Miyako Islanders NERFINISHED
Ryukyuan people NERFINISHED
country Japan
distinctFrom Miyakoan dialects of Miyako-jima
Okinawan language
Standard Japanese NERFINISHED
endangeredStatus UNESCO endangered language
severely endangered
geographicDistribution Irabu Island communities
hasAlternativeName Irabu dialect of Miyakoan NERFINISHED
Irabu variety of Miyakoan
hasDialectContinuumWith other Miyakoan dialects
hasGrammaticalFeature use of particles different from Standard Japanese
verb morphology distinct from Standard Japanese
hasLinguisticClassification under Miyakoan in Southern Ryukyuan
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant system
distinct vowel system from Standard Japanese
hasSociolinguisticStatus limited intergenerational transmission
mainly spoken by older generations
isSubjectOf Miyakoan dialectological research
Ryukyuan language documentation studies
languageBranch Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Japonic languages NERFINISHED
languageSubbranch Southern Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED
partOf Miyakoan language NERFINISHED
region Miyako Islands NERFINISHED
Sakishima Islands NERFINISHED
script Japanese kana
Latin alphabet
spokenIn Irabu Island NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
Okinawa Prefecture NERFINISHED
subdivisionOf Miyakoan language
threatenedBy language shift to Japanese
language shift to Okinawan Japanese
usedBy residents of Irabu Island
usedIn everyday communication among older speakers

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Miyakoan hasDialect Irabu Miyakoan