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    The Amami language or languages (島口, シマユムタ, Shimayumuta), also known as Amami Ōshima or simply Ōshima ('Big Island'), is a Ryukyuan language spoken in...
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  • Amami Ōshima language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator Amami Ōshima language Ryukyuan languages Amami Ōshima Southern Amami Ōshima at Ethnologue...
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    Amami Ōshima (奄美大島, Okinawan: Uushima (ウーシマ); Amami: Ushima (ウシマ)), also known as Amami, is the largest island in the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū...
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  • languages (in this case, Amami Japanese is influenced by the Amami Ōshima language). In the past, the locals of Amami Ōshima spoke the Amami Ōshima language...
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    attempted to invade Amami Ōshima in 1493, but Ryukyu defeated them. During the 16th century, there were three rebellions on Amami Ōshima that Ryukyu put down:...
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  • Koniya Sign, or Amami Oshima Sign (AOSL), is a village sign language, or group of languages, on Amami Ōshima, the largest island in the Amami Islands of Japan...
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    (1990) subdivided Kikai: Amami dialect Northern Amami dialect Northern Amami Ōshima Southern Amami Ōshima Northern Kikai Southern Amami dialect Southern Kikai...
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    The Battle of Amami-Ōshima, known in Japan as the Spy Ship Incident in the Southwest Sea of Kyūshū (九州南西海域工作船事件, kyūshū-nansei-kaiiki-kōsakusen-jiken)...
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  • which have their own ISO 639-3 codes: Amami languages Amami Ōshima Northern Amami Ōshima Southern Amami Ōshima Kikai Tokunoshima Okinoerabu Yoron Scholars...
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  • Amami Ōshima (Amami Island) in the Kagoshima Prefecture of Japan. Amami Airport was opened as Amami Oshima Airport (奄美大島空港, Amami-Ōshima Kūkō) on June...
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  • Ōshima, Oshima, Ooshima or Ohshima may refer to: Ōshima (大島, lit. "big island") (sorted by prefecture): Ōshima (Aomori), an island in Hiranai and a part...
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    conversations in Amami Ōshima is not the traditional Amami language, but rather a regional variation of Amami-accented Japanese, known as Amami Japanese. It’s...
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  • cluster. The languages of the Amami Islands can be divided into the conservative northern group (Northern Amami Ōshima, Southern Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima)...
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    found in Amami Ōshima and Toku-no-Shima, two small islands between southern Kyūshū and Okinawa in Japan. Often called a living fossil, the Amami rabbit...
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    Kikaijima. Northern Amami Ōshima, spoken in most of Amami Ōshima Southern Amami Ōshima, spoken in Setouchi on the southern end of Amami Ōshima. Tokunoshima,...
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  • Japan have formed their own village sign languages: Koniya Sign Language in Amami Ōshima Miyakubo Sign Language in Miyakubo, Ehime The increase in communication...
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  • their Ryukyuan-looking appearance. In 1726 Tabata Sabunji (田畑佐文仁) of Amami Ōshima became the first islander to be allowed to use a surname in recognition...
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  • The Amami are islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Amami may also refer to: Amami Ōshima, a main island of the islands Amami, Kagoshima, a city in...
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    Amami (奄美市, Amami-shi) is a city located on the island of Amami Ōshima, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Amami is the most populated municipality on Amami...
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    Japanese Ryūkyūan languages Northern Ryūkyūan languages Amami Kunigami Okinawa Southern Ryūkyūan languages Miyako Yaeyama Yonaguni Ainu languages Hokkaidō Ainu...
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    Ryukyu Islands (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    Amami Islands show Shō Toku's conquest of Kikai Island in 1466, a failed Satsuma invasion of Amami Ōshima in 1493, and two rebellions on Amami Ōshima...
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  • Naze, Kagoshima (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    Naze (名瀬市, Naze-shi) was a city located on Amami Ōshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on July 1, 1946. As of 2003, the city had...
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  • Minami Kizuki (category People from the Amami Islands)
    December 1989, is a Japanese pop and Shima-uta folk singer. She was born in Amami Ōshima, Kagoshima, Japan. In 2006, Kizuki was recruited by Pony Canyon while...
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    nearby Manenzaki lookout point in Amami Ōshima. Coastal area of Amami Ōshima Kinsakubaru wildwood in Amami Ōshima View from Tokunoshima A beach on Okinoerabujima...
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    Tatsugō, Kagoshima (category CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja))
    Tatsugō (龍郷町, Tatsugō-chō) is a town located on Amami Ōshima, in Ōshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of June 2013, the town had an estimated...
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    Setouchi, Kagoshima (category CS1 uses Japanese-language script (ja))
    of Amami Ōshima, facing the East China Sea to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It also includes numerous offshore islands of Amami Ōshima, including...
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  • of southwestern Japan. It is part of the Amami–Okinawan languages, which are part of the Japonic languages. Okamura (2007) posits two divisions of Tokunoshima:...
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  • Sumiyo, Kagoshima (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    Sumiyō (住用村, Sumiyō-son) was a village located on Amami Ōshima in Ōshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated...
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    Tokunoshima (category Amami Islands)
    of 100). Tokunoshima is the second largest island in the Amami islands, after Amami Ōshima, and the 15th largest island in Japan. It is more generally...
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    List of islands of Japan (category CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja))
    Gajajima Suwanosejima Akusekijima Tairajima Kodakarajima Takarajima Amami Ōshima Kikaijima Kakeromajima Yoroshima Ukeshima Tokunoshima Okinoerabujima...
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