ISO 639-3 · xugxug
Japonic family
Kunigami
山原言葉
Kunigami is a language of the Northern Ryukyuan branch (Japonic), spoken in Japan. Wikidata counts about 5,000 speakers (2004). Wikidata describes it as “Ryukyuan language spoken in the northern Okinawa Island”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
xug- Glottocode
kuni1268- Family
- Japonic
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 25 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kunigami · 山原言葉 |
|---|---|
| Also called | Northern Okinawan language, Kunigami dialect, Yanbaru Kutuuba, Kunigami language |
| All speakers | 5,000 (2004) |
| Written in | Okinawan scripts |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Japonic to Kunigami
The branches above Kunigami, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Japan
jpnJapaneseJaponic · 128 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalcdoEastern MinSino-Tibetan · 10.3 m5 · DevelopingrysYaeyamaJaponic · 47,6007 · ShiftingyoiYonaguniJaponic · 4007 · ShiftingnivNivkhunclassified · 1988a · MoribundehsMiyakubo Sign Languageunclassified · 70ainAinuunclassified · 109 · DormantjslJapanese Sign Languageunclassified5 · DevelopingmviMiyakoJaponic8a · Moribund