Kikai language

Kikai
シマユミタ
Native toJapan
RegionKikai Island of the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture
Native speakers
13,000 (2000)[1]
Japanese
Language codes
ISO 639-3kzg
Glottologkika1239
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The Kikai language is spoken on Kikai Island, Kagoshima Prefecture of southwestern Japan. It is debated whether it is a single dialect cluster. Regardless, all Kikai dialects are members of the Amami–Okinawan languages, which are part of the Japonic languages.

  1. ^ Kikai at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon