• En danger

  100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• <8,000

  Locuteurs natifs dans le monde
• ENFANTS

  0

• JEUNES ADULTES

  0

DATE OF INFO

2014

DOMAINES D'UTILISATION

TENDANCES AU NIVEAU DES LOCUTEURS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

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

ATTITUDE DES LOCUTEURS

neutral or positive

SOUTIEN GOUVERNEMENTAL

no

SOUTIEN INSTITUTIONNEL

no

AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ

• Japanese

COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE

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.

Caractères, systèmes d'écriture et orthographes

kana

Orthographe

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.