Ryukyuan languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo gptkb:Japanese_language
gptkbp:conservationEfforts gptkb:UNESCO
gptkb:linguist
local organizations
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Japanese_language
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:Northern_Ryukyuan_languages
gptkb:Southern_Ryukyuan_languages
gptkbp:endangered true
gptkbp:firstDocumented 15th century
gptkbp:glottologCode ryuk1243
gptkbp:hasPart gptkb:Amami_language
gptkb:Kunigami_language
gptkb:Miyako_language
gptkb:Okinawan_language
gptkb:Yaeyama_language
gptkb:Yonaguni_language
gptkbp:historicallySpokenIn Ryukyu Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ryukyuan languages
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Austronesian_languages
gptkb:Japanese_language
gptkb:Chinese_characters
gptkbp:ISO639-3 jpx
ryu
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Japonic
gptkbp:languageShiftTo gptkb:Japanese_language
gptkbp:languageStatus severely endangered
gptkbp:linguisticClassification Japonic > Ryukyuan
gptkbp:majorityLanguageOf Ryukyu Kingdom (historically)
gptkbp:notMutuallyIntelligibleWith gptkb:Japanese_language
other Ryukyuan languages
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers less than 1 million
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:UNESCO
gptkbp:region gptkb:Amami_Islands
gptkb:Okinawa_Prefecture
gptkb:Daitō_Islands
gptkb:Kagoshima_Prefecture
gptkb:Miyako_Islands
gptkb:Yaeyama_Islands
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Ryukyu_Islands
gptkb:Ryukyuan_people
gptkbp:status minority languages in Japan
gptkbp:subclassOf gptkb:Japonic_languages
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus endangered
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Chinese_characters
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Judaism
gptkb:King
gptkb:Okinawa
gptkb:Ryukyu_Ohcho
gptkb:Japanese_folklore
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4