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The Kunigami language (山原言葉/ヤンバルクトゥーバ Yanbaru Kutuuba) is an Okinawan language spoken in former territory of the Hokuzan: the Kunigami or Yanbaru region in the northern Okinawa Island and belonging islands. The Kunigami language includes the Okinoerabujima dialect (島ムニ Shimamuni) and the Yoronjima dialect (ユンヌフトゥバ Yunnu futuba) in the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture.Like the Central Okinawan language Kunigami is part of the Ryukyuan family.

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family
Japonic languages, Ryukyuan languages, Okinawan languages
spoken in
Japan, Okinawa Island

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