| Southern Amami Ōshima | |
| Familycolor: | Altaic |
| Ethnicity: | Ryukyuan |
| States: | Japan |
| Region: | Setouchi, Kagoshima |
| Iso3: | ams |
| Glotto: | sout2954 |
| Glottorefname: | Southern Amami-Oshima |
| Speakers: | 1,800 |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Fam1: | Japonic |
| Fam2: | Ryukyuan |
| Fam3: | Northern Ryukyuan |
| Fam4: | Amami |
| Fam5: | Amami Ōshima |
| Script: | Japanese |
The Southern Amami Ōshima language is a Ryukyuan language spoken in Setouchi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.[1] It is generally considered to be the southern variety of the Amami Ōshima language, whereas a separate northern variety exists.[2]
According to Ethnologue, there are 1,800 speakers of Southern Amami Ōshima. The northern variety has 10,000 speakers. Both of these languages are endangered, as younger generations either speak Japanese or a local variety of Japanese known as Ton-futsūgo.[3] [4]