Endangered Languages Project

Alias		Yayeyama, Ryukyuan, Southern Ryukyuan, Saskisima, Saskishima, 八重山語, 八重山方言
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Japonic, Ryukyuan, Southern Ryukyuan, Macro-Yaeyama
ORTHGRAFIE		kana
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
SPRACHENCODE		rys
VARIANTEN & DIALEKTE		Taketomi Hatoma Hateruma Kabira Kohama Sonai Ishigaki Kuroshima Shiraho Aragusuku
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche
WEITERE KOMMENTARE		The classification of Yaeyama as a member of the Macro-Yaeyama subgroup of Southern Ryukyuan is based on Pellard (2015). The macro-Yaeyama subgrouping is not included in classfiications such as Miyara (2015).

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Informationen von: “personal communication on Japonic languages” . Thomas Dougherty (2014)

Sicher gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Unknown; perhaps only a few thousand
Muttersprachler weltweit
KINDER
0
JUNGE ERWACHSENE
0
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
Most speakers are over the age of 50 and are bilingual in Yaeyama and Japanese.

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 2014

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

VERBREITUNG

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

"Younger Yaeyama speakers are L1 Japanese speakers, and L2 Yaeyama learners (most people under 40 who learn are involved in traditional Okinawan culture, like the theater, with a growing number of language activists). And basically no children learn it at home from their parents, though there have been efforts to establish a language nest."

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Japanese

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

"'Language nest' is implemented at the community level, though the government has issued statements that it is certainly not opposed."

Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien)

kana

Rechtschreibung

It's not written until quite recently and speakers don't write much.

ORTE: Japan

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: The Yaeyama (八重山) Islands

Stark gefährdet

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,000 ~ 10,000
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
Aso states that her "ﬁeldwork observations indicate that Yaeyama is primarily spoken by people over the age of 70. The 2010 national census counted 6,842 inhabitants older than 70 in Yaeyuma’s geographical area. However, one would need to add those people who moved away from Yaeyama to this number and subtract all those who came from outside and settled in Yaeyama. A realistic range for the number of speakers of Yaeyama is thus roughly 7,000 to 10,000."

VERBREITUNG

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Yaeyama is spoken in the Yaeyama Islands, at the very south of the Ryukyu Archipelago. The geographic spread of the isalnds has led to decreased intelligibility between dialects.

Ethnische Population
47,636

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 2000

ORTE: Japan;

	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub																		24.342,124.1537
		2015	Hateruma Yaeyama Grammar	Handbook of the Ryukyuan languages : history, structure, and use	423-447	Heinrich, P., Miyara, S., & Shimoji, M.	De Gruyter Mouton		https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614511151	Aso, Rieko	Aso, Rieko. (2015). Hateruma Yaeyama Grammar. In Heinrich, P., Miyara, S., & Shimoji, M. (Eds.), Handbook of the Ryukyuan languages : history, structure, and use (423-447) . De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614511151				7,000 ~ 10,000		1000-9999	Aso states that her "ﬁeldwork observations indicate that Yaeyama is primarily spoken by people over the age of 70. The 2010 national census counted 6,842 inhabitants older than 70 in Yaeyuma’s geographical area. However, one would need to add those people who moved away from Yaeyama to this number and subtract all those who came from outside and settled in Yaeyama. A realistic range for the number of speakers of Yaeyama is thus roughly 7,000 to 10,000."					Severely Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14					Yaeyama is spoken in the Yaeyama Islands, at the very south of the Ryukyu Archipelago. The geographic spread of the isalnds has led to decreased intelligibility between dialects.
May 24		2014	personal communication on Japonic languages							Thomas Dougherty	Thomas Dougherty. May 2014. Personal Communication on Japonic languages.			0	Unknown; perhaps only a few thousand	2014	1000-9999	Most speakers are over the age of 50 and are bilingual in Yaeyama and Japanese.	all	Japanese	"'Language nest' is implemented at the community level, though the government has issued statements that it is certainly not opposed."	all	Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	"Younger Yaeyama speakers are L1 Japanese speakers, and L2 Yaeyama learners (most people under 40 who learn are involved in traditional Okinawan culture, like the theater, with a growing number of language activists). And basically no children learn it at home from their parents, though there have been efforts to establish a language nest."	14	13	Japan	The Yaeyama (八重山) Islands
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	47,636			2000												Japan;

Yaeyama

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Sicher gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Unknown; perhaps only a few thousand

Stark gefährdet

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

7,000 ~ 10,000

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