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    The Okinawan language (沖縄口, ウチナーグチ, Uchināguchi, [ʔut͡ɕinaːɡut͡ɕi]) or Central Okinawan is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern...
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    flat: Amami–Okinawan dialect group Kikai language Amami Ōshima language Northern dialect Southern dialect Tokunoshima language Okinoerabu language Eastern...
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    The Kunigami or Northern Okinawan language (Yanbaru Kutūba (山原言葉/ヤンバルクトゥーバ)), is a Ryukyuan language of Northern Okinawa Island in Kunigami District and...
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    Okinawan, spoken in Okinawa Island, was once the official language of the Ryukyu Kingdom. At the time, documents were written in kanji and hiragana, derived...
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    these languages remain, but language shift toward the use of Standard Japanese and dialects like Okinawan Japanese has resulted in these languages becoming...
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    Okinawan martial arts refers to the martial arts, such as karate, tegumi and kobudō, which originated among the indigenous people of Okinawa Island. Due...
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    Okinawan names (Okinawan: 名/なー, nā) today have only two components, the family names (surnames or last names) first and the given names last. Okinawan...
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    distinct language more closely related to Okinawan than it is to northern Ōshima. As Amami does not have recognition within Japan as a language, it is officially...
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    Ryukyuan people (redirect from Okinawans)
    The Ryukyuan people (Okinawan: 琉球民族 (るーちゅーみんずく), romanized: Ruuchuu minzuku or どぅーちゅーみんずく, Duuchuu minzuku, Japanese: 琉球民族/りゅうきゅうみんぞく, romanized: Ryūkyū...
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    Ryūkyūan languages are classified by UNESCO as 'endangered', as young people mostly use Japanese and cannot understand the languages. Okinawan Japanese...
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    World's Languages in Danger, has three subgroups, with the central "Kunigami" branch comprising varieties from Southern Amami to Northern Okinawan, based...
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    compared to the Japanese kokugo, or Japanese national language, other Ryukyuan languages such as Okinawan and Amami have also been referred to as dialects...
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    Hachijō language Ōkagō & Mitsune dialects (Downhill dialects) Nakanogō & Kashitate dialects (Uphill dialects) Sueyoshi dialect Aogashima dialect Central Old...
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    clusters of Japanese speakers in Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia (including Okinawans from the island of Okinawa). Brazil currently holds the largest Japanese...
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  • first language. There are also some who can speak one of the many Ryukyuan languages, with the most common one being Okinawan. In Hawaii, many Okinawan locals...
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    as Okinawan Japanese. In terms of mutual intelligibility, a survey in 1967 found the four most unintelligible dialects (excluding Ryūkyūan languages and...
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  • all Kikai dialects are members of the Amami–Okinawan languages, which are part of the Japonic languages. The classification of Kikai is disputed. Some...
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  • southwestern Japan. It is part of the Amami–Okinawan languages, which are part of the Japonic languages. Okamura (2007) posits two divisions of Tokunoshima:...
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    their 60s, 74% for those over the age of 70. Amami reversion movement Okinawan language Ryukyu Kingdom Ryukyuan people Ethnic issues in Japan Kariyushi Club...
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    Okinawa Island (category CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja))
    Okinawa Island (沖縄島, Okinawa-jima, Okinawan: 沖縄/うちなー, Uchinaa Kunigami: ふちなー, Fuchináa), officially Okinawa Main Island (沖縄本島, Okinawa-hontō), is the largest...
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  • campaign for governor. The Okinawan electorate voted to overwhelmingly reject the central government's Henoko move plan. 72% of Okinawan voters opposed the plan...
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    help guide a spirit out of this world and into the afterlife. In the Okinawan language, shiji means the ability to sense, communicate with, and direct the...
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    The origin of the term "Okinawa" remains unclear, although "Okinawa" (Okinawan: Uchinaa) as a term was used in Okinawa. There was also a divine woman...
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    Battle of Okinawa (category CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja))
    Japanese soldiers also killed about 1,000 people who spoke in the Okinawan language to suppress spying. The museum writes that "some were blown apart...
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    Okinawa Prefecture (category Articles containing Okinawan-language text)
    everyday language among Okinawans under age 60 is Okinawa-accented mainland Japanese ("Okinawan Japanese"), which is often mistaken by non-Okinawans as the...
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    Momordica charantia (category Articles containing Okinawan-language text)
    gōyā (ゴーヤー) in Okinawan, and nigauri (苦瓜) in Japanese (although the Okinawan word gōyā is also used), is a significant ingredient in Okinawan cuisine, and...
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    Amami Islands (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
    Amami Islands. Aji from Tokuno and further north just paid tribute to Okinawan kingdoms, and continued to remain independent. After 1429, Shō Hashi unified...
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  • Ojibwe – ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ Spoken by: the Ojibwe people Okinawan Japanese – ウチナーヤマトゥグチ Recognised Regional Language in: Japan Old Church Slavonic † – Словѣ́ньскъ...
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  • division of the chain by the 250 km-wide Miyako Strait. The Shuri dialect of Okinawan is attested since the 16th century. All Ryukyuan varieties are in danger...
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    Chatan, Okinawa (category Articles containing Okinawan-language text)
    "Chatan" is emphasized in Okinawan, although many non-Okinawans place emphasis on "cha-" instead. Chatan is located in the central part of Okinawa Island...
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