• Endangered

  100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• <8,000

  Native speakers worldwide
• CHILDREN

  0

• YOUNG ADULTS

  0

DATE OF INFO

2014

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

It's unknown if children are learning it. Most native speakers are middle age and older speakers.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

neutral or positive

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

no

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

no

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• Japanese

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Speakers generally neutral or positive about the language, though many consider it to be "just a dialect". All speakers are bilingual in Hachijo and Japanese.

Scripts (Writing system)

kana

More on Orthography

no official orthography; If speakers ever write, they employ kana/Japanese syllabary scripts.

PLACES

Japan

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

spoken on Hachijo-jima and Aogashima, approximately 300 km south of Toyko.