ISO 639-3 · yoiyoi
Japonic family
Yonaguni
与那国物言
Yonaguni is a language of the Southern Ryukyuan branch (Japonic), spoken in Japan. Wikidata counts about 400 speakers (2015). Wikidata describes it as “language of Okinawa, Japan”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
yoi- Glottocode
yona1241- Family
- Japonic
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 36 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
4scripts
3levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
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: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Japonic to Yonaguni
The branches above Yonaguni, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Japan
jpnJapaneseJaponic · 128 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalcdoEastern MinSino-Tibetan · 10.3 m5 · DevelopingryuOkinawanJaponic · 984,0007 · ShiftingkzgKikaiJaponic · 13,1007 · ShiftingrynNorthern Amami ŌshimaJaponic · 10,0007 · ShiftingxugKunigamiJaponic · 5,0007 · ShiftingamsSouthern Amami ŌshimaJaponic · 1,8007 · ShiftingnivNivkhunclassified · 1988a · MoribundehsMiyakubo Sign Languageunclassified · 70