Miyako language

Spoken in

  • Altai languages ​​( disputed) Japonische languages Ryukyu languages Miyako- language

Mis

Mvi

The Miyako language (self- designation: / mja ː kufucy / ,ミャークフツMyāku - futsu; jap宫 古 方言Miyako- Hōgen " Miyako dialect " ) belongs to the Ryukyu languages ​​and is spoken in the Miyako Islands in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa.

Differences is the Miyako- language nor in the Miyako dialect on Miyako- jima, the Irabu dialect on Irabu -jima and the taramas dialect on taramas -shima. The latter differs most clearly, due to the distance to the two other islands (50 or 45 km).

It differs from other regional languages ​​both lexically (probably also due to the geographical proximity to Taiwan) significantly and in the debate, for example, is / mi / and / mu / beginning of a word to / n /:

  • Mukashi (昔) → / nkja ː n / (ンキャーン)
  • Migi (右) → / NGY / (ンギィ)

The language is completely incomprehensible for both the speaker on Okinawa spoken language (ウチナーグチUchina -guchi ) and for speakers of languages ​​spoken on the Japanese home islands language.

Trivia

Born on Miyako -jima singer Isamu Shimoji (下地 勇) sings almost exclusively in the Miyako language. The accompanying his albums booklets contain both sung in the Miyako- language texts and their translations into standard Japanese.

Language family Miyako-jima
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