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زبان اوکیناوایی
Sign in to saveAlso known as Central Okinawan, Uchināguchi, ʔucināguci, ryu, Okinawan language, Uchinaaguchi
Northern Ryukyuan language
AI overview
Okinawan is a language spoken primarily in Okinawa, Japan, and belongs to the Northern Ryukyuan language group. It matters because it represents a distinct linguistic and cultural heritage, though it faces challenges from declining numbers of speakers as younger generations increasingly use standard Japanese.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Country
- Japan
- Image
- Billboards in Okinawan.jpg
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- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 984000
- Wikimedia language code
- ryu
- linguistic typology
- agglutinative language
- writing system
- Japanese writing system
- topic's main category
- Category:Okinawan language
- different from
- Okinawan Japanese
- Wikimedia Incubator URL
- incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/ryu
- native label
- うちなーぐち
- Commons category
- Okinawan language
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