Kikai
シマユミタ
Kikai is a Japonic language spoken in Japan, by about 13.1 thousand people. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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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.
From Wikipedia · Kikai language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Kikai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | niNgiN* | |
| name | 名 | nā |
| eye | mi* | |
| ear | mimi* | |
| nose | hana* | |
| tooth | ha* | |
| tongue | 唇 | suba |
| hand | ti* | |
| blood | aCi* | |
| bone | puni* | |
| knee | hiji* | |
| breast | muni* | |
| liver | 肝 | |
| water | midu* | |
| fire | umacu* | |
| sun | tida* | |
| star | puSi* | |
| stone | iSi* | |
| mountain | yama* | |
| tree | hi* | |
| leaf | 葉 | pā |
| night | yuru* | |
| dog | iNga* | |
| fish | yu* | |
| louse | Sirami* | |
| one | titu* | |
| two | tatu* | |
| I | waN* | |
| you | da* | |
| we | wana* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Central OkinawanJaponic62% alike
- Toku-No-ShimaJaponic58% alike
- KunigamiJaponic56% alike
- Northern Amami-OshimaJaponic52% alike
- YoronJaponic52% alike
- Oki-No-ErabuJaponic45% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · kika1239 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kzg