Amami-Oshima, Southern

A language of Japan

ISO 639: ams
Alternate Names: Southern Amami-Osima
Population: 1,800 (2004).
Location:: Kagoshima prefecture: south Amami-Oshima, Kakeroma, north Okinawa, Uke, and Yoro islands.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Japonic, Ryukyuan, Amami-Okinawan, Northern Amami-Okinawan
Dialects: None known. Inherent intelligibility low with other Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn].
Language Use: Adults only. Shifting to Japanese [jpn].
Language Development: Grammar.

Location: Kagoshima prefecture: south Amami-Oshima, Kakeroma, north Okinawa, Uke, and Yoro islands.