Dialects: Onotsu. Inherent intelligibility generally impossible or very difficult with Ryukyuan languages and Japanese ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: Ethnic population: 13,100 (2000). Those under 20 are mainly monolingual in Japanese (1989 T. Fukuda).
Language Use: Mainly older adults. The younger the generation, the more fluently they speak Japanese [jpn] (Wurm 1981).
Nation of Origin: Japan