Okinawan languages

Okinawan languages
Okinawan
Geographic
distribution:
Japan (Okinawa Prefecture, Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture)
Linguistic classification: Japonic
Subdivisions:
Boundaries of the Okinawan Languages.svg
  Northern Okinawan (Kunigami)
  South–Central Okinawan (Shuri–Naha)

The Okinawan languages (沖縄語) are a subgroup of the Ryukyuan languages of Japan. There are two:



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