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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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