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personal communication on Japonic languages
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<1,000

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Most speakers are over the age of 50 and are bilingual in Yonaguni and Japanese.

Year of info

2014

Location and Context

Countries

Japan

Coordinates

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Location description

spoken on Yonaguni (与那国島) of the Yaeyama Islands

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

Kaidā logograms; kana

Other writing systems

spoken on Yonaguni (与那国島) of the Yaeyama Islands

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Japanese

Domains of other languages

all

More on context

"'Language nest' is implemented at the community level, though the government has issued statements that it is certainly not opposed."

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

24.458,122.9802

Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

800

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2015

Location and Context

Countries

Japan

Coordinates

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Location description

"Southern Okinawa; Yonaguni island."

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

"Southern Okinawa; Yonaguni island."

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Japanese [jpn]

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

"Also use Japanese [jpn]."

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

800

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Location description

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Government support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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    Thomas Dougherty. May 2014. Personal Communication on Japonic languages.
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