The Southern Ryukyuan languages form one of two branches of the Ryukyuan languages, spoken on the Sakishima Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The three languages are Miyako, Yaeyama and Yonaguni; UNESCO has identified the Macro-Yaeyama languages as critically endangered and Miyako as definitely endangered.
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Classification Confidence Reconstructed Ancestor RegionSakishima Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan 2 Proto-Language StatusProto-Sakishima, reconstructed by Bentley (2008) 2 Compare
Number of Languages Southern Ryukyuan languages
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Ancestor Of
Macro-Yaeyama groups the Yaeyama and Yonaguni languages within Southern Ryukyuan, itself a branch of the Ryukyuan languages under Japonic; linked here to the more specific Southern Ryukyuan parent rather than the broader Japonic ancestor.
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Southern Ryukyu (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 3
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Southern Ryukyuan languages - Wikipedia
Infobox: region
Sakishima Islands, Okinawa Prefecture
Proto-language
Proto-Sakishima, the proto-language ancestral to the Southern Ryukyuan languages, has been reconstructed by Bentley (2008).
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Sakishima
View the SourceWikidata: Southern Ryukyuan languages
Wikidata Q18392243, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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