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The Southern Amami Ōshima language is a Ryukyuan language spoken in Setouchi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] It is generally considered to be the southern variety of the Amami Ōshima language, whereas a separate northern variety exists.[1][2][3]

Southern Amami Ōshima
Native to	Japan
Region	Setouchi, Kagoshima
Ethnicity	Ryukyuan
Native speakers	1,800 (2004)
Language family	Japonic Ryukyuan Northern Ryukyuan Amami Ōshima Southern Amami Ōshima
Writing system	Japanese
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ams
Glottolog	sout2954

According to Ethnologue, there are 1,800 speakers of Southern Amami Ōshima.[1] The northern variety has 10,000 speakers.[3] Both of these languages are endangered, as younger generations either speak Japanese or a local variety of Japanese known as Ton-futsūgo.[4][5]

See also

• Amami Ōshima language
• Ryukyuan languages
• Amami Ōshima

References

На других языках

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- [en] Southern Amami Ōshima language

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[fr] Amami du Sud

La langue amami du Sud est parlée au Japon, au sud de l'île d'Amami-Ōshima et dans les petites îles avoisinantes. Une langue proche, l'amami du Nord, est parlée au nord de l'île. Elles font partie du groupe des langues ryukyu, apparentées au japonais.

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