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Name: Miyako

Alternate Names: Ryukyuan; Southern Ryukyuan; Saskisima; Saskishima; Mbara

Spoken in: Japan

Number of speakers: Ethnic population: 67,653 (2000) (Ethnologue)

Code: mvi

Code Authority: ISO 639-3

Code Standard: SIL

Families: Japanese

Parent Subgroup: Sakishima (saki)

Child Dialects: Miyako-Jima; Hirara; Ogami (mvi-miy) Irabu-Jima (mvi-ira) Tarama-Minna (mvi-tar)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Endangered

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