Miyako language

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Miyako
Spoken in: Japan (Miyako Islands)
Total speakers: 15,000
Language family: Japonic
 Ryukyuan
  Miyako 
Official status
Official language in: none
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: mvi

Miyako (Miyako: mjaakuftsï) is a language spoken by an unknown number of people in the Miyako islands (including Miyako Island), south of Okinawa Island. It is a Ryukyuan language, most closely related to Yaeyama.

It can be separated into several dialect groupings, such as Miyako main island, Irabu, Ikema, Ōgami and Tarama.