| (documentation YonaguniLanguage EnglishLanguage "The YonaguniLanguage is a SakishimaLanguage of Japan. SIL code: YOI. ISO 639-2: mis. Population: No estimate available. Region: Southern Okinawa, Yonaguni Island. 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 monolingual in Japanese (T. Fukuda SIL 1989). Those over 50 speak Yonaguni at home among themselves but can understand Japanese. Those 20-50 can understand Yonaguni, but mainly use Japanese at home and work (T. Fukuda SIL 1989).(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
Languages.kif 11508-11516 |
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| (externalImage YonaguniLanguage "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ 7/ 7e/ Letter_of_Kanamaru.jpg") |
pictureList.kif 9866-9866 |
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| (externalImage YonaguniLanguage "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ d/ dc/ Map-yonaguni.png") |
pictureList.kif 9865-9865 |
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| (instance YonaguniLanguage SakishimaLanguage) |
Languages.kif 11507-11507 |
Yonaguni language is an instance of sakishima language |
