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MiyakoLanguage
The MiyakoLanguage is a SakishimaLanguage of Japan. SIL code: MVI. ISO 639-2: mis. Population: No estimate available. Region: Southern Okinawa, Miyako, Ogami, Ikema, Kurima, Irabu, Tarama, Minna islands. Dialects: MIYAKO-JIMA (HIRARA, OGAMI), IRABU-JIMA, TARAMA-MINNA. Comments: Inherent intelligibility is generally impossible or very difficult with other Ryukyuan languages and Japanese. The dialects listed have noticeable differences, but not impossible communication. 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 Miyako at home but can understand and speak Japanese. Those 20 to 50 can understand Miyako, but mainly use Japanese at home and work. Dictionary. Grammar.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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InstancesContentBearingPhysicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 EntityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 HumanLanguageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 JapaneseGroupLanguageA JapaneseGroupLanguage is any of 12 related languages, spoken in Japan, forming a distinct family of languages that are unrelated to any others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 LanguageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 LinguisticExpressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 PhysicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 RyukyuanLanguageOf the 12 JapaneseGroupLanguages, 11 are classified as a RyukyuanLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 SakishimaLanguageOf the 11 RyukyuanLanguage, three are classified as a SakishimaLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 SpokenHumanLanguageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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