Toku-No-Shima
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A language of Japan
ISO 639-3
Population
5,100 (2004).
Location
Kagoshima prefecture: northern Okinawa, Toku-no-shima islands.
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Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Classification
Dialects
Kametsu. Inherent intelligibility generally impossible, or very difficult, with Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn].
Language Use
Adults only. Younger generation has passive understanding but cannot speak it (Okamura 2010). Also use Japanese [jpn].
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