What is Amami language?
{{Infobox language | name = Amami language | familycolor = Altaic | nativename = 島口 | states = [[Japan]] | region = [[Amami Islands]], [[Kagoshima Prefecture]] | fam1 = [[Japonic languages|Japonic]] | fam2 = [[Ryukyuan languages]] | fam3 = [[Northern Ryukyuan languages|Northern Ryukyuan]] | dia1 = [[Amami Ōshima language|Amami Ōshima]] | dia2 = [[Kikai language|Kikai]] | dia3 = [[Southern Amami Ōshima language|Southern Amami Ōshima]] | dia4 = [[Okinoerabu language|Okinoerabu]] | dia5 = [[Yoron language|Yoron]] | dia6 = [[Tokunoshima language|Tokunoshima]] |lc1=ryn |ld1=Northern |lc2=ams |ld2=Southern (Setouchi) }} The '''Amami language''' (島口, ''Shimayumuta'') is a member of the [[Ryukyuan languages]]. It is spoken in the [[Amami Islands]] of southern [[Japan]]. Amami is in the northern group of the Ryukyuan languages, along with [[Okinawan language|Okinawan]] and [[Kunigami language|Kunigami]]. There are many dialect groups of the Amami language: [[Amami Ōshima language|Amami Ōshima]], [[Kikai language|Kikai]], [[Southern Amami Ōshima language|Southern Amami Ōshima]], [[Okinoerabu language|Okinoerabu]], [[Yoron language|Yoron]] and [[Tokunoshima language|Tokunoshima]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Did you know Amami-North Okinawan is endangered?|url=http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/10377|access-date=2020-10-23|website=Endangered Languages|language=en}}</ref> The dialects of Yoron and Okinoerabu may actually be a part of the Kunigami language. Most Amami speakers are elderly, and younger Amami locals mainly speak [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. == References == {{Reflist}} {{Japan-stub}} [[Category:Ryukyuan languages]] [[Category:Kagoshima Prefecture]]