| (documentation OkiNoErabuLanguage EnglishLanguage "The OkiNoErabuLanguage is a SouthernAmamiOkinawanLanguage of Japan. SIL code: OKN. ISO 639-2: mis. Population: No estimate available. Region: North central Okinawa, Oki-no-erabu Island. Dialects: EAST OKI-NO-ERABU, WEST OKI-NO-ERABU. Comments: Inherent intelligibility is generally impossible or very difficult with other Ryukyuan languages and Japanese. Dialect differences are noticeable, but communication is not impossible. 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 monolingual in Japanese (T. Fukuda SIL 1989). Those over 50 use the vernacular at home among themselves but can understand and use Standard Japanese. Those 20-50 can understand the vernacular, but use Japanese at home and work.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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