Miyako language
Spoken language
The Miyakoan language is a diverse dialect cluster spoken in the Miyako Islands, located southwest of Okinawa. The combined population of the islands is about 52,000. Miyakoan is a Southern Ryukyuan language, most closely related to Yaeyama. Wikipedia
Language families: Japonic languages, Ryukyuan languages, and Southern Ryukyuan languages
Region: Asia
Dialects: Miyako Island; Ōgami; Ikema-Irabu
Native speakers: (mostly over age 20 cited 1989)
Writing system: Japanese