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Preferred term

ryuCentral Okinawan  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • - Central Okinawan, or simply Okinawan (沖縄口 Uchinaaguchi ), is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern half of the island of Okinawa, as well as in the surrounding islands of Kerama, Kumejima, Tonaki, Aguni, and a number of smaller peripheral islands. Central Okinawan distinguishes itself from the speech of Northern Okinawa, which is classified independently as the Kunigami language. Both languages have been designated as endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger since its launch in February 2009.

Entry terms

  • Okinawan, Central
  • Okinawan language

ISO 639-3 code

  • ryu

In other languages

  • Llengua d'Okinawa

    Catalan

  • Okinavski jezik

    Croatian

  • Okinava lingvo

    Esperanto

  • Finnish

  • Okinawaïen

    French

  • 沖縄方言

    Japanese

  • 오키나와어

    Korean

  • Okinavų kalba

    Lithuanian

  • Język okinawski

    Polish

  • Língua oquinauana

    Portuguese

  • Окинавский язык

    Russian

  • Idioma okinawense

    Spanish

  • ภาษาโอะกินะวะ

    Thai

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/ryu

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