Oki-No-Erabu
Oki-No-Erabu is a Japonic language spoken in Japan. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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The Okinoerabu dialect cluster (島ムニ Shimamuni), also Oki-no-Erabu, is a dialect cluster spoken on Okinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture of southwestern Japan. It is part of the Amami–Okinawan languages, which are part of the Japonic languages.
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Words in Oki-No-Erabu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| man | 男 | yinga |
| woman | 女子 | |
| name | 名 | nā |
| tongue | 舌 | shā |
| head | 頭 | chiburu |
| liver | 肝 | chimu |
| water | 水 | miji |
| leaf | 葉 | fā |
| night | 夜 | yīru |
| snake | 蛇 | hibi |
| new | 新ーさん | mīsan |
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- YoronJaponic59% alike
- Toku-No-ShimaJaponic48% alike
- KunigamiJaponic48% alike
- Central OkinawanJaponic47% alike
- Northern Amami-OshimaJaponic45% alike
- KikaiJaponic45% alike
Grammar
- Southern Amami-OshimaJaponic95% alike
- Central OkinawanJaponic94% alike
- YaeyamaJaponic94% alike
- YonaguniJaponic93% alike
- Peripheral MongolianMongolic-Khitan93% alike
- MiyakoJaponic91% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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