Yaeyama language

Yaeyama language
Yaeyama language
Native to	Japan
Region	Yaeyama Islands
Ethnicity	Ryukyuan (Yaeyama)
Language family	Japonic Ryukyuan Southern Ryukyuan Yaeyama language; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	rys
ELP	Yaeyama

The Yaeyama language is a Southern Ryukyuan language spoken in the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Origins

The Yaeyama language is one of the six Ryukyuan languages, which are a group of languages spoken in the Ryūkyū Islands of Japan. The Ryukyuan languages, along with Japanese, form the Japonic language family.^[1]

Status

The Japanese government does not consider Yaeyama to be its own language, labeling it as a Japanese dialect instead.^[2] Most linguists and UNESCO on the other hand do consider Yaeyama to be a language.^[2]

Related pages

References

↑ "Did you know Yaeyama is endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Japan : Ryukyuans (Okinawans)". Refworld. Retrieved 2020-01-24.

[1] "Did you know Yaeyama is endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2020-01-24.

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Japan : Ryukyuans (Okinawans)". Refworld. Retrieved 2020-01-24.

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