Amami Japanese

Amami Japanese
トン普通語
Native toJapan
RegionKagoshima Prefecture (Amami Ōshima)
EthnicityRyukyuan
Japonic
Language codes
ISO 639-3
IETFja-u-sd-jp46

Amami Japanese (トン普通語, Ton-futsūgo) is a variety of the Japanese language spoken on the island of Amami Ōshima. Its native term Ton-futsūgo means "potato standard". Much like Okinawan Japanese, it is a descendant of Standard Japanese but with influences from the traditional Ryukyuan languages (in this case, Amami Japanese is influenced by the Amami Ōshima language).