Southern Amami Ōshima language

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

The Southern Amami Ōshima language is a Ryukyuan language spoken in Setouchi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.[2][3] It is generally considered to be the southern variety of the Amami Ōshima language, whereas a separate northern variety exists.[2][3][4]

According to Ethnologue, there are 1,800 speakers (2004) of Southern Amami Ōshima.[2] The northern variety has 10,000 speakers.[4]

References

Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Southern Amami-Oshima". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
"Redirected". Ethnologue. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
"ams | ISO 639-3". iso639-3.sil.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
"ryn | ISO 639-3". iso639-3.sil.org. Retrieved 2020-02-25.

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