Okinawan Japanese

E29095

Japanese dialect regional variety of Japanese spoken language variety

Okinawan Japanese is a regional variety of the Japanese language spoken primarily in Okinawa, influenced by both Standard Japanese and the indigenous Ryukyuan languages.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Okinawan Japanese canonical	8
Shuri–Naha Okinawan	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese dialect ⓘ regional variety of Japanese ⓘ spoken language variety ⓘ
associatedWith	Okinawan identity ⓘ
basicWordOrder	SOV ⓘ
category	Japanese dialects ⓘ Languages of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
developedFrom	contact between Standard Japanese and Okinawan language ⓘ
distinctFrom	Okinawan language ⓘ Japanese ⓘ surface form: Standard Japanese
educationStatus	coexists with Standard Japanese in schools ⓘ not standard language of education ⓘ
hasDialectContinuumWith	Japanese ⓘ surface form: Standard Japanese
hasFeature	code-switching with Okinawan language ⓘ lexical items distinct from Standard Japanese ⓘ loanwords from Okinawan language ⓘ phonological influence from Ryukyuan languages ⓘ regional pronunciation ⓘ regional vocabulary ⓘ
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom	English via Standard Japanese ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	influence from Okinawan vowel system ⓘ
hasSubstrate	Okinawan language ⓘ Ryukyuan languages ⓘ
influencedBy	Okinawan language ⓘ Ryukyuan languages ⓘ Japanese ⓘ surface form: Standard Japanese
ISO639Status	not assigned separate ISO 639 code ⓘ
languageFamily	Japonic languages ⓘ
mutualIntelligibility	largely intelligible with Standard Japanese ⓘ
periodOfDevelopment	20th century ⓘ
region	Naha ⓘ Okinawa Island ⓘ
sharesFeatureWith	pitch accent of Japanese ⓘ
sociolinguisticSituation	contact variety ⓘ regional colloquial speech ⓘ
spokenIn	Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
status	regional Japanese variety ⓘ
subfamily	Japanese ⓘ surface form: Japanese language
typology	agglutinative language ⓘ
usedBy	residents of Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
usedIn	everyday conversation ⓘ informal contexts ⓘ local media ⓘ
usesScript	Hiragana ⓘ Kanji ⓘ Katakana ⓘ
writingSystem	Japanese writing system ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Japanese → hasDialects → Okinawan Japanese ⓘ

Japonic languages → hasLanguage → Okinawan Japanese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shuri–Naha Okinawan

Daitō Islands → localDialect → Okinawan Japanese ⓘ

Uruma, Okinawa, Japan → localLanguage → Okinawan Japanese ⓘ

Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture → localLanguage → Okinawan Japanese ⓘ

Tarama Village → localLanguage → Okinawan Japanese ⓘ

Kerama Islands → localLanguage → Okinawan Japanese ⓘ

Hamahiga Bridge → languageOfLocalSignage → Okinawan Japanese ⓘ

Makishi Public Market → language → Okinawan Japanese ⓘ