島言葉

Compound of 島 (shima, “island”) +‎ 言葉 (-kutuba, “speech, dialect, language”)

• IPA^(key): [ɕima kutuba]

島(しま)言(くとぅ)葉(ば) (shima kutuba) 

1. A term or expression frequently used to denote the local language or dialect (or speech, word(s), idiom) of an island, especially that of Okinawa or Amami.

• 島(しま)口(ぐち) (shimaguchi)

• 言(くとぅ)葉(ば) (kutuba, “language, dialect, speech, word, idiom”)

• “しまくとぅば【島言葉】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.