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Southern Ryukyuan languages
The
Southern Ryukyuan languages
form one of two branches of the
Ryukyuan languages
. They are spoken on the
Sakishima Islands
in
Okinawa Prefecture
. The three languages are
Miyako
(on the
Miyako Islands
) and
Yaeyama
and
Yonaguni
(on the
Yaeyama Islands
). Two have been identified as "critically endangered" by UNESCO and the third as "definitely endangered".
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