Ryukyuan languages
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The Ryukyuan languages, also Lewchewan or Luchuan, are the indigenous languages of the Ryukyu Islands, the southernmost part of the Japanese archipelago. Along with the Japanese language and the Hachi
Traffic safety slogan signs in Kin, Okinawa, written in Japanese (center) and Okinawan (left and right)
Menshōri (めんしょーり), Kunigami (Okinoerabu)
Mensōre (めんそーれ), Okinawan
Nmyāchi (んみゃーち), Miyako
Ryukyuans
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The Ryukyuans are a Japonic-speaking East Asian ethnic group indigenous to the Ryukyu Islands, which stretch from the island of Kyushu to the island of Taiwan. In Japan, most Ryukyuans live in the Oki
Ryukyuan languages
…Ryukyuan Lewchewan, Luchuan Geographic distribution Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa Prefecture, Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture) Ethnicity Ryukyuan Linguistic classification Japonic Insular Ryukyuan Proto-language Proto-Ryukyuan Subdivisions Northern Ryukyuan Southern Ryukyuan Language codes Glottolog…
Ryukyuan dancers in ceremonial attire
The gusuku fortification are on the Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu UNESCO's list.
The castle town and Ryukyu Kingdom's capital Shuri Castle
Five Ryukyuan men, Meiji period