Amami languages
Northern Ryukyuan dialects From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Amami languages are a collection of dialect clusters spoken across the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. All dialects are members of the Ryukyuan languages, specifically its northern branch.
| Amami languages | |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Ryukyuan |
| Geographic distribution | Amami Islands, Japan |
| Linguistic classification | Japonic
|
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | amam1245 |
| ELP | Amami |
There are many distinct clusters of the Amami languages, most of which have their own ISO 639-3 codes:[1][2]
- Amami languages
Scholars[according to whom?] are divided on the specific subgrouping of these dialects. The Okinoerabu and Yoron clusters may be grouped within the Kunigami language.[3]
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