Also Known As:
Yayeyama, Ryukyuan, Southern Ryukyuan, Saskisima, Saskishima, 八重山語, 八重山方言
Dialects & Varieties
- Taketomi
- Hatoma
- Hateruma
- Kabira
- Kohama
- Sonai
- Ishigaki
- Kuroshima
- Shiraho
- Aragusuku
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
Speakers
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Ethnic or community population
47,636
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Location and Context
Countries
Japan;
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
The Ryukyuan languages, spoken in southern Japan, are all highly endangered, with almost all speaker
Yaeyama grammar information
Contributor:
Patrick Heinrich
This is a version of "How Far It Will Go" from the Disney movie "Moana" translated into Miyara Yaeya