What is Kunigami language?
{{Infobox language | name = Kunigami language | familycolor = Altaic | nativename = ヤンバルクトゥーバ | fam1 = [[Japonic languages|Japonic]] | fam2 = [[Ryukyuan languages|Ryukyuan]] | fam3 = [[Northern Ryukyuan languages|Northern Ryukyuan]] | iso3 = xug | states = [[Japan]] | region = Northern [[Okinawa]] | speakers = 5,000 (2004) | ethnicity = [[Ryukyuan people]] }} The '''Kunigami language''' (Kunigami: 山原言葉, ''Yanbaru kutūba'') is an endangered [[Ryukyuan languages|Ryukyuan language]] spoken in the [[Kunigami]] area of [[Okinawa]], [[Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/08/25/voices/use-lose-theres-stake-language-reviving-ryukyuan-tongues/|title=Use them or lose them: There's more at stake than language in reviving Ryukyuan tongues|last=Heinrich|first=Patrick|date=2014-08-25|website=The Japan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-08-03}}</ref> Japan calls it a dialect while most linguists put Kunigami as its own language within the Ryukyuan languages group. Kunigami is somewhat understandable to people who speak the [[Okinawan language]]. However, Japanese speakers wouldn’t be able to understand Kunigami. There are also different dialects of Kunigami, such as the one on Okinoerabu. == Phrases == === Okinoerabu dialect === Thank you. = みへでぃろ。(Mihediro). Welcome. = うがみやぶら。/ めんしょーり。(Ugamiyabura. / Menshoori.) == Music == A famous sanshin song known as “Aha Bushi” is sung in Kunigami. == Related pages == * [[Ryukyuan languages]] * [[Okinawan language|Okinawan languages]] == References == {{Reflist}} {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Ryukyuan languages]] [[Category:Languages of Asia]] [[Category:Japan]]