Tokunoshima language

Tokunoshima
Tokunoshima
シマユミィタ; Shimayumiita
Native to	Japan
Region	Tokunoshima of the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture
Native speakers	5,100 (2004)
Language family	Japonic Ryukyuan Northern Ryukyuan Amami Ōshima–Tokunoshima Tokunoshima; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Japanese
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tkn
Glottolog	toku1246 Toku-No-Shima

The Tokunoshima language (シマグチ (島口) Shimaguchi or シマユミィタ Shimayumiita), also Toku-No-Shima, is a dialect cluster spoken on Tokunoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture of southwestern Japan. It is part of the Amami–Okinawan languages, which are part of the Japonic languages.

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