Miyako
PrintA language of Japan
ISO 639-3
Population
Ethnic population: 67,700 (2000).
Location
Southern Okinawa; Miyako, Ogami, Ikema, Kurima, Irabu, Tarama, Minna islands.
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Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Classification
Dialects
Irabu-Jima, Miyako-Jima (Hirara, Ogami), Tarama-Minna. Not intelligible of Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn]. Dialects listed have noticeable differences, but communication is not impossible.
Language Use
Mainly older adults. The younger they are, the more fluently they speak Japanese [jpn] (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Those under 20 are mainly monolingual in Japanese (1989 T. Fukuda).
Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar.
Language Resources