Alternate Names: Yayeyama
Dialects: Hateruma, Hatoma, Ishigaki, Kabira, Kohama, Kuroshima, Shiraho, Sonai, Taketomi. Inherent intelligibility generally impossible, or very difficult, of Ryukyuan languages and Japanese ,.
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Demographics: Ethnic population: 47,600 (2000).
Language Use: Mainly adults. Also use Japanese [jpn].
Nation of Origin: Japan