Amami-Oshima, Northern
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A language of Japan
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Northern Amami-Osima, Oosima, Oshima, Osima
Population
10,000 (2004).
Location
Kagoshima prefecture: north Amami-Oshima and northwest Okinawa islands.
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Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Classification
Dialects
Naze, Sani. Inherent intelligibility generally impossible, or very difficult, with Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn].
Language Use
Adults only. Also use Japanese [jpn], with high fluency among younger generations (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
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