Kikai language

Kikai
Kikai
シマユミタ
Native to	Japan
Region	Kikai Island of the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture
Native speakers	13,000 (2000)
Language family	Japonic Ryukyuan Northern Ryukyuan Amami Kikai; ; ; ;
Writing system	Japanese
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kzg
Glottolog	kika1239
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The Kikai language is spoken on Kikai Island, Kagoshima Prefecture of southwestern Japan. It is debated whether it is a single dialect cluster. Regardless, all Kikai dialects are members of the Amami–Okinawan languages, which are part of the Japonic languages.