Southern Amami Ōshima language

The Southern Amami Ōshima language is a Ryukyuan language spoken in Setouchi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] It is generally considered to be the southern variety of the Amami Ōshima language, whereas a separate northern variety exists.[1][2][3]

Southern Amami Ōshima
Native toJapan
RegionSetouchi, Kagoshima
EthnicityRyukyuan
Native speakers
1,800 (2004)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ams
Glottologsout2954

According to Ethnologue, there are 1,800 speakers of Southern Amami Ōshima.[1] The northern variety has 10,000 speakers.[3] Both of these languages are endangered, as younger generations either speak Japanese or a local variety of Japanese known as Ton-futsūgo.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. "Redirected". Ethnologue. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  2. "ams | ISO 639-3". iso639-3.sil.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  3. "ryn | ISO 639-3". iso639-3.sil.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  4. Heinrich, Patrick (2014-08-25). "Use them or lose them: There's more at stake than language in reviving Ryukyuan tongues". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  5. Anderson, Mark. "Studies of Ryukyu-substrate Japanese". Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics: 441.
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