Okinawan language

E149983
Japonic language Ryukyuan language language

The Okinawan language is a Ryukyuan language of the Japonic family traditionally spoken in Okinawa, known for its distinct phonology, vocabulary, and grammar that differ significantly from standard Japanese.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Okinawan language canonical 12
Okinawan 2
Central Okinawan 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japonic language ⓘ
Ryukyuan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
endangeredStatus definitely endangered ⓘ
family Japonic languages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Okinawan language ⓘ
surface form: Okinawan

Uchinaaguchi ⓘ
hasAncestor Old Japanese ⓘ
Proto-Japonic language ⓘ
surface form: Proto‑Japonic

Proto‑Ryukyuan ⓘ
hasDialect Okinawan language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Okinawan

Naha dialect ⓘ
Shuri dialect ⓘ
hasDistinct grammar ⓘ
phonology ⓘ
vocabulary ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Classical Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
honorific forms ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length contrast ⓘ
palatalized consonants ⓘ
pitch accent system ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
word‑final vowels ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffort community language classes ⓘ
media broadcasting in Okinawan ⓘ
school and university courses ⓘ
hasSpeakerTrend declining number of native speakers ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature basic SOV word order ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ
topic‑comment structure ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Japanese kana ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
kanji ⓘ
historicalPrestigeDialect Shuri dialect ⓘ
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith Japanese ⓘ
surface form: Standard Japanese
isOftenMisclassifiedAs Japanese dialect ⓘ
majorSpeakerDemographic older generations in Okinawa ⓘ
nativeTo Okinawa Island ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
partOf Ryukyuan languages ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger ⓘ
region Okinawa Island ⓘ
surface form: Okinawa, Japan
subclassOf Northern Ryukyuan language ⓘ
usedIn Okinawan folk songs ⓘ
Okinawan theater ⓘ
traditional Ryukyuan music ⓘ
wasUsedAs court language of the Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
youngerGenerationLanguageShiftTo Japanese ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ryukyuan languages → hasPart → Okinawan language ⓘ
Okinawan Japanese → influencedBy → Okinawan language ⓘ
Proto-Japonic language → hasDescendant → Okinawan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shuri–Naha Okinawan
Okinawan language → hasDialect → Okinawan language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Okinawan
Okinawan language → hasAlternativeName → Okinawan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Okinawan
Southern Ryukyuan languages → hasPart → Okinawan language ⓘ
Ryukyuan music → language → Okinawan language ⓘ
Kunigami language → relatedTo → Okinawan language ⓘ
Kunigami → macrolanguage → Okinawan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Okinawan (Northern Ryukyuan)
Kunigami → distinctFrom → Okinawan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Okinawan language (Central Okinawan)
Yonaguni → relatedTo → Okinawan language ⓘ
Naha, Okinawa, Japan → localLanguages → Okinawan language ⓘ
subject surface form: Naha
Naha, Okinawa, Japan → localLanguages → Okinawan language ⓘ
subject surface form: Naha
this entity surface form: Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan dialect)
American occupation of Okinawa → languageUsed → Okinawan language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Okinawan
Nishihara, Okinawa → localLanguage → Okinawan language ⓘ
Hateruma Island → hasLanguage → Okinawan language ⓘ
Izena Island → hasLanguage → Okinawan language ⓘ
Iheya Island → localDialect → Okinawan language ⓘ
City of Naha → localLanguage → Okinawan language ⓘ