Ryukyuan people

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ethnic group indigenous people

The Ryukyuan people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Ryukyu archipelago in Japan, with distinct languages, culture, and historical traditions separate from those of mainland Japanese.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Okinawans 0 2
Ryukyuans 0 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group →
indigenous people →
continent Asia →
country Japan →
diaspora Brazil →
Hawaii →
Peru →
United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
ethnicallyDistinctFrom Yamato people →
hasAutonym Luchuan →
Uchinanchu →
hasCapitalHistoricalState Shuri →
hasExonym Ryukyuan people self-linksurface differs →
surface form: "Okinawans"

Ryukyuan people self-linksurface differs →
surface form: "Ryukyuans"
hasLanguage Amami language →
Kunigami language →
Amami language →
surface form: "Miyako language"

Ryukyuan languages →
surface form: "Okinawan language"

Yaeyama language →
Yaeyama language →
surface form: "Yonaguni language"
hasLanguageFamily Ryukyuan languages →
hasReligion Buddhism →
Christianity →
Ryukyuan religion →
Shinto →
hasWritingSystem Japanese writing system →
historicalCenter Okinawa Island →
historicallyRuledBy Japan →
surface form: "Empire of Japan"

Ryukyu Kingdom →
Kagoshima Prefecture →
surface form: "Satsuma Domain"
historicalWritingSystem Classical Chinese →
Kumemura-based literary Chinese culture →
languageFamilyBranchOf Japonic languages →
locatedIn Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED →
Okinawa Prefecture →
Ryukyu Islands →
surface form: "Ryukyu Archipelago"

Ryukyu Islands →
recognizedAsIndigenousBy Japan →
surface form: "Japan (disputed)"

United Nations human rights system →
surface form: "United Nations human rights bodies"
relatedEthnicGroup Ainu →
surface form: "Ainu people"

Yamato people →
traditionalArchitecture Ryukyuan architecture →
traditionalClothing Ryukyuan bingata kimono →
traditionalCraft Bingata dyeing →
Ryukyuan lacquerware →
Ryukyuan pottery →
traditionalDance Ryukyuan dance →
traditionalInstrument Sanshin →
traditionalMartialArt Karate →
Ryukyu kobudō →
traditionalMusic Ryukyuan music →
traditionalReligion Ryukyuan religion →

Referenced by (9)

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

Amami Islands → ethnicGroup → Ryukyuan people →
Yaeyama Islands → ethnicGroup → Ryukyuan people →
Ryukyuan languages → ethnicity → Ryukyuan people →
Okinawa Island → hasEthnicGroup → Ryukyuan people →
Okinawa Prefecture → hasEthnicGroup → Ryukyuan people →
Ryukyu Islands → hasEthnicGroup → Ryukyuan people →
Ryukyu Islands → hasEthnicGroup → Ryukyuan people →
this entity surface form: "Okinawans"
Ryukyuan people → hasExonym → Ryukyuan people self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: "Ryukyuans"
Ryukyuan people → hasExonym → Ryukyuan people self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: "Okinawans"