Tokunoshima language
Amami–Okinawan language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tokunoshima language (シマグチ (島口) Shimaguchi or シマユミィタ Shimayumiita), also Toku-No-Shima, is a dialect cluster spoken on Tokunoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture of southwestern Japan. It is part of the Amami–Okinawan languages, which are part of the Japonic languages.
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Tokunoshima | |
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シマユミィタ Shimayumiita | |
Native to | Japan |
Region | Tokunoshima of the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture |
Native speakers | 5,100 (2004)[1] |
Japonic
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Japanese | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tkn |
Glottolog | toku1246 Toku-No-Shima |
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