| (documentation SouthernAmamiOshimaLanguage EnglishLanguage "The SouthernAmamiOshimaLanguage is a NorthernAmamiOkinawanLanguage of Japan. SIL code: AMS. ISO 639-2: mis. Population: No estimate available. Alternate names: SOUTHERN AMAMI-OSIMA. 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. Those over 50 use the vernacular at home among themselves but understand and use Standard Japanese. Those 20 to 50 understand the vernacular, but mainly speak Japanese.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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SouthernAmamiOshimaLanguage