Miyako Ryukyuan

E941132

Miyako Ryukyuan is a Japonic language spoken in the Miyako Islands of Okinawa, Japan, known for being distinct from standard Japanese and classified as endangered.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Miyako Ryukyuan canonical 3
Miyakoan Ryukyuan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japonic language
Ryukyuan language
language
country Japan
distinctFrom Japanese language
linked to: Japanese

Standard Japanese
linked to: Japanese
endangermentStatus definitely endangered
endangered
glottocode miya1259
hasAlternativeName Miyako Ryukyuan language
Miyako language
Miyakoan
hasDialect Hirara Miyako dialect
Ikema dialect
Irabu dialect
Ogami dialect
Shimoji Miyako dialect
Tarama dialect
hasFeature SOV word order
agglutinative morphology
complex verb morphology
distinct lexicon from Japanese
phonemic vowel length
pitch accent
postpositions
hasMorphosyntacticAlignment nominative–accusative
hasPhonologicalFeature reduced consonant inventory compared to Japanese
syllabic nasals in some dialects
ISO639-3Code mvi
languageBranch Ryukyuan
languageFamily Japonic
languageGroup Southern Ryukyuan
partOf Southern Ryukyuan subgroup
recognizedBy UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
region Miyako Subgroup of the Ryukyus
spokenIn Ikema Island NERFINISHED
Irabu Island
Kurima Island
Miyako Islands
Miyakojima Island
linked to: Miyakojima

Okinawa Prefecture
Ryukyu Islands
Tarama Island NERFINISHED
subclassOf Japonic languages
Ryukyuan languages
subjectTo language shift to Japanese
threatenedBy dominance of Japanese language
usedBy Miyako people
writingSystem Japanese kana
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miyakoan hasAlternativeName Miyako Ryukyuan
Miyakoan hasAlternativeName Miyakoan Ryukyuan
linked to: Miyako Ryukyuan
Miyako language hasAlternativeName Miyako Ryukyuan
Yaeyama Ryukyuan closelyRelatedTo Miyako Ryukyuan