Okinoerabu dialect cluster

Okinoerabu dialects are classified into two groups: The linguistic boundary between Eastern and Western Okinoerabu roughly corresponds to the administrative boundary between Wadomari (east) and China (west).

The northwestern community of Tamina (part of Western Okinoerabu) has a distinctive accentual system.

[3] The following is the phonology of the Wadomari dialect (part of Eastern Okinoerabu), which is based on Hirayama et al.

[4] As with most Ryukyuan languages to the north of Central Okinawan, stops are described as "plain" C’ and "glottalized" C‘.

[6] The following is the phonology of the China dialect (part of Western Okinoerabu), which is based on Hirayama et al.