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مردم ریوکیو
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The are a Japonic-speaking East Asian ethnic group indigenous to the Ryukyu Islands, which stretch from the island of Kyushu to the island of Taiwan. In Japan, most Ryukyuans live in the Okinawa Prefecture or Kagoshima Prefecture. They speak the Ryukyuan languages, one of the branches of the Japonic language family along with the Japanese language and its dialects.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Ryukyuans
- Ethnic group.image
- Danses d’Okinawa (musée Guimet, Paris) (11152072573).jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Ryukyuan dancers in ceremonial attire
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 1.4 million
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 118,773
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 70,000
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 45,000
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 12,000
- Ethnic group.region6
- Rest of mainland Japan
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 173,000
- Ethnic group.region7
- Outside of Japan
- Ethnic group.pop7
- 415,361
- Ethnic group.related
- Yamato, Yayoi, Jōmon, Ainu
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