Kikai

A language of Japan

ISO 639: kzg
Population: Ethnic population: 13,000 (Leclerc 2020b). Those under 20 are mainly monolingual in Japanese (1989 T. Fukuda).
Location:: Kagoshima prefecture: Kikai and northeast Okinawa islands.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Japonic, Ryukyuan, Amami-Okinawan, Northern Amami-Okinawan
Dialects: Onotsu. Inherent intelligibility generally impossible or very difficult with Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn].
Language Use: Adults only. Shifting to Japanese [jpn].

Location: Kagoshima prefecture: Kikai and northeast Okinawa islands.