1. Ryukyuan - Noun
2. Ryukyuan - Adjective
3. Ryukyuan - Proper noun
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
Source: WordNetA 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