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Southern Amami-Oshima language

Southern Amami-Oshima (ISO 639-3 code ams) is a language of the Japonic family spoken in Japan. It has about 37,000 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as severely endangered.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codeams
Glottocodesout2954
FamilyJaponic
AreaEurasia
CountriesJapan
Speakers (estimate)37,000
EndangermentSeverely Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Related languages

Other Japonic languages, nearest first.

More about Southern Amami-Oshima

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.