Miyako

A language of Japan

ISO 639: mvi
Alternate Names: Miyako-Ikema
Population: Ethnic population: 66,000 (Leclerc 2020b).
Location:: Okinawa prefecture: south; Ikema, Irabu, Kurima, Minna, Miyako, Ogami, and Tarama islands.
Language Status: 8a (Moribund).
Classification: Japonic, Ryukyuan, Sakishima
Dialects: Miyako-Jima (Hirara, Ogami), Irabu-Jima, Tarama-Minna. Not intelligible of Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn]. Dialects listed have noticeable differences, but communication is not impossible.
Language Use: Older adults only. Shifted to Japanese [jpn].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.

Location: Okinawa prefecture: south; Ikema, Irabu, Kurima, Minna, Miyako, Ogami, and Tarama islands.