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Toku-No-Shima

A language of Japan

ISO 639-3tkn

Population  5,100 (2004).
Region  Northern Okinawa; Toku-no-shima Island.
Language map  Japan
Dialects  Kametsu. Inherent intelligibility is generally impossible, or very difficult, with other Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn].
Classification  Japonic, Ryukyuan, Amami-Okinawan, Northern Amami-Okinawan
Language use  Mainly adults. Also use Japanese.