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Amami LanguageAmami is a language spoken by around 130000 people in the Amami islands south of Kyushu. It is a Ryukyuan language, most closely related to Okinawan. Phonology Consonants: - Unvoiced fricatives: h hj hw s sj
- Unvoiced aspirate stops: kʻ kʻj tʻ cʻ cʻj
- Unvoiced laryngeal inaspirate stops: kʼ kʼj kʼw tʼ cʼ cʼj pʼ pʼj
- Voiced stops: g gj gw d z zj b bj
- Voiced nasals: n nj m mj
- Laryngeal nasals: ʔn ʔnj ʔm
- Liquids: r rj
- Voiced glides: ' 'j 'w
- Laryngeal glides: ʔ ʔj ʔw
Vowels: Short vowels: - Closed: i u
- Half-open: (e) o
- Open: a
Long vowels: - Closed: iː ː uː
- Half-open: (eː) ː oː
- Open: aː
Dialects It is usually classified into the following dialect groupings: - North
- Tanegashima
- Yakushima
- Northern Oshima
- Central
- South
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