Naha dialect

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The Naha dialect is a prominent variety of the Okinawan language spoken in and around the city of Naha on Okinawa Island, often regarded as a standard or central urban form of the language.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Naha dialect canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
variety of the Okinawan language ⓘ
center city of Naha ⓘ
linked to: City of Naha
closelyRelatedTo Shuri dialect ⓘ
considered central urban variety of Okinawan ⓘ
de facto standard variety of Okinawan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
distinctFrom Kunigami language ⓘ
Miyako language ⓘ
Standard Japanese ⓘ
linked to: Modern Japanese

Yaeyama language ⓘ
Yonaguni language ⓘ
endangeredStatusCause language shift to Japanese ⓘ
hasFeature honorific forms influenced by Shuri court speech ⓘ
lexical items not found in Standard Japanese ⓘ
phonological differences from Standard Japanese ⓘ
hasSpeakers urban population of Naha area ⓘ
influencedBy Shuri dialect ⓘ
Standard Japanese ⓘ
linked to: Modern Japanese
languageFamily Japonic languages ⓘ
Ryukyuan languages ⓘ
minorityLanguageOf Japan ⓘ
partOf Okinawan language ⓘ
region Southern Okinawa Island ⓘ
linked to: Southern Okinawa
spokenBy older generations more than younger generations ⓘ
spokenIn Japan ⓘ
Naha ⓘ
Okinawa Island ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
status endangered ⓘ
subjectOf Ryukyuan linguistics research ⓘ
usedBy local media in Naha area (to a limited extent) ⓘ
writingSystem Japanese kana ⓘ
kanji ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Okinawan language → hasDialect → Naha dialect ⓘ
Shuri dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Naha dialect ⓘ