{{Short description|Island within Ryukyu Islands}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox islands |name = Irabu Island |native_name = {{nihongo||伊良部島|Irav-zuma}} |native_name_link = Ryukyu language
|image_name = Miyako map.jpg |image_size = |image_caption = Irabu Island is to the west of Miyako Island
|locator_map = |location = Okinawa Prefecture |coordinates= {{coord|24|50|20|N|125|9|56|E|type:isle}} |archipelago = Miyako Islands | waterbody = East China Sea
|area_km2 = 29.06 |area_footnotes = <ref name="deptIslands">{{cite web |title=Remote island related materials (離 島 関 係 資 料) |url=https://www.pref.okinawa.jp/site/kikaku/chiikirito/ritoshinko/documents/h31itigatuban1syou.pdf |access-date=2020-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215124143/https://www.pref.okinawa.jp/site/kikaku/chiikirito/ritoshinko/documents/h31itigatuban1syou.pdf |archive-date=2020-02-15 |url-status=live}}</ref> |elevation_m = 89.0
| country = Japan | country_admin_divisions_title = Prefecture | country_admin_divisions = Okinawa Prefecture
|population = 4,693 |population_footnotes = <ref name="deptIslands" /> |population_as_of = 2015 national census
|density_km2 = |ethnic_groups =Ryukyuan, Japanese }} 250px|thumb|Irabu Island is in the center, Shimoji Island below, and the Irabu Bridge to the right {{nihongo|'''Irabu Island'''|伊良部島|Miyako: ''Irav-zuma''|}}, is an island in Miyakojima City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The island is connected to Miyako Island by a {{convert|3540|m|ft|adj=mid|-long}} bridge {{nihongo|''Irabu Ohashi''|伊良部大橋{{ill||lt=|ja|%E4%BC%8A%E8%89%AF%E9%83%A8%E5%A4%A7%E6%A9%8B}}}},<ref name="deptIslands" /> which was completed in January 2015.<ref>"伊良部島", Retrieved on 13 January 2018.{{Circular reference|date=September 2021}}</ref> Irabu Island is also connected via six bridges to Shimoji-shima.<ref name="deptIslands" /> There are multiple language variants spoken on the island: Nakachi-Irabu, Kuninaka, Sawada-Nagahama, and Sarahama (which is a variant of Ikema language spoken by descendants of emigrants from Ikema Island).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Heinrich|first1=Patrick|last2=Miyara|first2=Shinsho|last3=Shimoji|first3=Michinori|title=Handbook of the Ryukyuan Languages: History, Structure, and Use|date=Feb 17, 2015|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|pages=405–406|isbn=9781614511151|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g_FeCAAAQBAJ&dq=irabu&pg=PA405}}</ref>
==Etymology== The term comes from the Japanization of the Miyakoan name ''Irav'', in turn from Proto-Ryukyuan ''*erabu'' (tone class B). Cognates in other Ryukyuan languages include Okinoerabu ''irabu'', referring to Okinoerabujima.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kikigengo.ninjal.ac.jp/data/tango/detail?lang=ja&id=25558 |title=語彙詳細 - 日本の危機言語 (Detailed vocabulary - Endangered Languages of Japan) |author=National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics |access-date=20 March 2024 |language=Japanese }}</ref>
==Climate== {{Irabu weatherbox}} ==See also== {{Portal|Japan|Geography|Islands}} * Shimoji Island * Ikema Island * Miyako Island
==References== {{Reflist}}
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