Ryukyuan

Speech parts

1. Ryukyuan - Noun

2. Ryukyuan - Adjective

3. Ryukyuan - Proper noun

Meaning

the language (related to Japanese) that is spoken by the people of the Ryukyu Islands

a member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu Islands southwest of Japan

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A Ryukyuan embassy in Edo Although Satsuma maintained strong influence over the islands, the Ryukyu Kingdom maintained a considerable degree of domestic political freedom for over two hundred years. Source: Internet

It is a member of the Japonic (or Japanese- Ryukyuan ) language family, whose relation to other language groups, particularly to Korean and the suggested Altaic language family, is debated. Source: Internet

Language main There remain six Ryukyuan languages which are incomprehensible to Japanese speakers, although they are considered to make up the family of Japonic languages along with Japanese. Source: Internet

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