(documentation KunigamiLanguage EnglishLanguage "The KunigamiLanguage is a SouthernAmamiOkinawanLanguage of Japan. SIL code: XUG. ISO 639-2: mis. Population: No estimate available. Region: Central Okinawa, central and northern Okinawa Island, Iheya, Izena, Ie-jima, Sesoko islands. Dialects: NAGO. Comments: Inherent intelligibility is generally impossible or very difficult with other Ryukyuan languages and Japanese. Ryukyu languages are 62% to 70% cognate with Tokyo dialect of Japanese. The younger the generation, the more fluently they speak Japanese (1981 Hattori in Wurm and Hattori). Those under 20 are mainly monolingual in Japanese (T. Fukuda SIL 1989). Those over 50 use Kunigami at home among themselves but can understand and use Japanese. Those 20 to 50 can understand Kunigami, but mainly use Japanese at home and work.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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