Yaeyama

A language of Japan

ISO 639: rys
Alternate Names: Yayeyama
Population: Ethnic population: 46,000 (Leclerc 2020b).
Location:: Okinawa prefecture: Aregusuku, Hateruma, Hatoma, Iriomote, Ishigaki, Kohama, Kuroshima, and Taketomi islands.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Japonic, Ryukyuan, Sakishima
Dialects: Ishigaki, Kabira, Shiraho, Taketomi, Kohama, Hatoma, Sonai, Kuroshima, Hateruma. Inherent intelligibility generally impossible, or very difficult, of Ryukyuan languages and Japanese [jpn].
Language Use: Adults only. Shifting to Japanese [jpn].

Location: Okinawa prefecture: Aregusuku, Hateruma, Hatoma, Iriomote, Ishigaki, Kohama, Kuroshima, and Taketomi islands.