Okinawan Japanese
Okinawan Japanese (沖縄和大和口, Uchinaa-yamatuguchi) is a form of the Japanese language in the islands of Okinawa. It comes from Standard Japanese, but many words are taken from the Okinawan and Kunigami languages. It is spoken by much of Okinawa and is used a lot by younger people.[1]
Okinawan Japanese | |
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沖縄和大和口 | |
Native to | Japan |
Region | Okinawa Islands |
Ethnicity | Ryukyuan |
Language family | Japonic
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Writing system | Kana, Kanji (Japanese) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Okinawan Japanese formed because of language mixing between Okinawan and Japanese. This happened because the Okinawa Islands were being assimilated by mainland Japan.[1] The same thing also happened in the Amami Islands, causing Amami Japanese to form.
Okinawan Japanese Media
An example of Okinawan Japanese <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Koohii shaapu, from English "coffee shop", instead of <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Koohii shoppu in standard Japanese.