KikaiLanguage(kikai language) |
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(documentation KikaiLanguage EnglishLanguage "The KikaiLanguage is a NorthernAmamiOkinawanLanguage of Japan. SIL code: KZG. ISO 639-2: mis. Population: No estimate available. Region: Northeastern Okinawa, Kikai Island. Dialects: ONOTSU. Comments: Inherent intelligibility is generally impossible or very difficult with other Ryukyuan languages and Japanese. The younger the generation, the more fluently they speak Japanese (Hattori in Wurm and Hattori 1981). Those under 20 are mainly monolingual in Japanese (T. Fukuda SIL 1989). Those over 50 use Kikai at home among themselves but can understand and use Japanese. Those 20 to 50 can understand Kikai, but mainly speak Japanese.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") | Languages.kif 11363-11371 | |
(externalImage KikaiLanguage "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ f/ f9/ Amami_Islands-en.png") | pictureList.kif 10081-10081 | |
(instance KikaiLanguage NorthernAmamiOkinawanLanguage) | Languages.kif 11362-11362 | Kikai language is an instance of northern amami okinawan language |
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(termFormat ChineseLanguage KikaiLanguage "基凯语") | domainEnglishFormat.kif 32567-32567 | |
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage KikaiLanguage "基凱語") | domainEnglishFormat.kif 32566-32566 | |
(termFormat EnglishLanguage KikaiLanguage "kikai language") | domainEnglishFormat.kif 32565-32565 |