Amami-Oshima, Northern

A language of Japan

ISO 639: ryn
Alternate Names: Northern Amami-Osima, Oosima, Oshima, Osima
Population: 9,700 (Leclerc 2020b).
Location:: Kagoshima prefecture: north Amami-Oshima and northwest Okinawa islands.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Japonic, Ryukyuan, Amami-Okinawan, Northern Amami-Okinawan
Dialects: Naze, Sani. Inherent intelligibility generally impossible, or very difficult, with Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn].
Language Use: Adults only. Shifting to Japanese [jpn].

Location: Kagoshima prefecture: north Amami-Oshima and northwest Okinawa islands.