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    The Miyakoan language (宮古口/ミャークフツ Myākufutsu/Myākufutsї [mjaːkufutss̩] or 島口/スマフツ Sumafutsu/Sїmafutsї, Japanese: 宮古語, romanized: Miyako-go) is a diverse...
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    Ikema Island (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    The variety of Miyakoan language spoken here is also called Ikema (Ikima in the vernacular). It is set apart from closely related language variants by its...
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    Miyako Islands (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    portal Geography portal Islands portal Miyako people Sakishima Islands Miyakoan language Miyako Strait William Campbell (1915). "Sketches from Formosa". p...
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  • depopulated Minna, two of the Miyako Islands of Japan. It is closely related to Miyakoan, but intelligibility is low. Currently, is only spoken natively by elderly...
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    Kunigami Okinawan Southern Ryukyuan languages Miyakoan Central Miyako Irabu Tarama Yaeyama Yonaguni Each Ryukyuan language is generally unintelligible to others...
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    velar ([ŋ]) in final position. As a Southern Ryukyuan language, Yonaguni, similar to Miyakoan and Yaeyama, has /b/ in place with Standard Japanese /w/...
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  • Pinza-Abu Cave Man (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    present. The name "Pinza-Abu" literally means "goat cave" in the local Miyakoan language. Between 1974 and 1989, expeditions and surveys were done on six occasions...
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  • Circumfix (category CS1 Indonesian-language sources (id))
    Amami kʰakʰu-na, Nakijin Kunigami hḁkˀu:-na, Shuri Okinawan kaku-na, Irabu Miyakoan kafï-na, Hateruma Yaeyaman hḁku-na, and Yonaguni kʰagu-n-na (all ′don't...
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  • Within their own social circles, most Okinawan fishermen used the Miyakoan language in their general conversation. Okinawan fishermen are also conversant...
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  • languages, a sub-branch of the Japonic language family. Conservatively, there are six Ryukyuan varieties in total: the Okinawan, Kunigami, Miyakoan,...
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