Southern Amami Ōshima language

The Southern Amami Ōshima language is a Ryukyuan language spoken in Setouchi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] It is generally considered to be the southern variety of the Amami Ōshima language, whereas a separate northern variety exists.[1][2][3]

Southern Amami Ōshima
Native toJapan
RegionSetouchi, Kagoshima
EthnicityRyukyuan
Native speakers
1,800 (2004)[1]
Japanese
Language codes
ISO 639-3ams
Glottologsout2954

According to Ethnologue, there are 1,800 speakers of Southern Amami Ōshima.[1] The northern variety has 10,000 speakers.[3] Both of these languages are endangered, as younger generations either speak Japanese or a local variety of Japanese known as Ton-futsūgo.[4][5]

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  1. ^ a b c d Southern Amami Ōshima at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ a b "ams | ISO 639-3". iso639-3.sil.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  3. ^ a b "ryn | ISO 639-3". iso639-3.sil.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  4. ^ Heinrich, Patrick (2014-08-25). "Use them or lose them: There's more at stake than language in reviving Ryukyuan tongues". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  5. ^ Anderson, Mark (January 2019). "Studies of Ryukyu-substrate Japanese". Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics. Routledge: 441–457. doi:10.4324/9781315213378-28. ISBN 9781315213378. S2CID 196922667.