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- Northern Amami Ōshima
ISO 639-3 · rynryn
Japonic family
Northern Amami Ōshima
Northern Amami Ōshima is a language of the Northern Ryukyuan branch (Japonic), spoken in Japan. Wikidata counts 10,000 first-language speakers (2004). Wikidata describes it as “one of Northern Ryukyuan languages”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ryn- Glottocode
nort2935- Family
- Japonic
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- Centre point
- 28.21, 129.45
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
10,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Northern Amami Ōshima |
|---|---|
| Also called | Northern Amami Ōshima language |
| L1 speakers | 10,000 (2004) |
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 levelfamily tree
From Japonic to Northern Amami Ōshima
The branches above Northern Amami Ōshima, 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