| (documentation YoronLanguage EnglishLanguage "The YoronLanguage is a SouthernAmamiOkinawanLanguage of Japan. SIL code: YOX. ISO 639-2: mis. Population: No estimate available. Region: North central Okinawa, Yoron Island. 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 monolingual in Japanese (T. Fukuda SIL 1989). Those over 50 use Yoron at home among themselves, but also understand and use Standard Japanese. Those from 20 to 50 understand Yoron but mainly speak Standard Japanese at home and work.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
Languages.kif 11458-11468 |
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| (externalImage YoronLanguage "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ 2/ 20/ Satsunan_Islands.png") |
pictureList.kif 10346-10346 |
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| (externalImage YoronLanguage "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ f/ f9/ Amami_Islands-en.png") |
pictureList.kif 12188-12188 |
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| (instance YoronLanguage SouthernAmamiOkinawanLanguage) |
Languages.kif 11457-11457 |
Yoron language is an instance of southern amami okinawan language |
