Ryukyuan language

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ryukyuan_language
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo gptkb:Japanese_language
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Proto-Japonic
gptkbp:endangeredStatus severely endangered
gptkbp:glottologCode yes
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Okinawan
gptkb:Yaeyama
gptkb:Yonaguni
gptkb:Miyako
gptkb:Amami
gptkb:Kunigami
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Old Ryukyuan
gptkbp:ISO639-3 ryu
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Japonic
gptkbp:linguisticFeature pitch accent
agglutinative morphology
SOV word order
gptkbp:nativeTo gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:notMutuallyIntelligibleWith gptkb:Japanese_language
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers less than 1 million
gptkbp:region gptkb:Okinawa_Prefecture
gptkb:Kagoshima_Prefecture
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Ryukyu_Islands
gptkbp:subclassOf gptkb:Japonic_languages
gptkbp:supportsLanguage ryu
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus endangered
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Ryukyuan_people
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Chinese_characters
gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tokunoshima_dialect
gptkb:Miyakoan_language
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6