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- Southern Amami Ōshima
ISO 639-3 · amsams
Japonic family
Southern Amami Ōshima
Southern Amami Ōshima is a language of the Northern Ryukyuan branch (Japonic), spoken in Japan. Wikidata counts 1,800 first-language speakers (2014). Wikidata describes it as “Ryukyuan language spoken in Japan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ams- Glottocode
sout2954- Family
- Japonic
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
1,800first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Southern Amami Ōshima |
|---|---|
| Also called | Southern Amami, Setouchi dialect |
| L1 speakers | 1,800 (2014) |
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 Southern Amami Ōshima
The branches above Southern 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