Okinawan Japanese
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Okinawan Japanese is a regional variety of the Japanese language spoken primarily in Okinawa, influenced by both Standard Japanese and the indigenous Ryukyuan languages.
Aliases (1)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese dialect
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regional variety of Japanese → spoken language variety → |
| associatedWith |
Okinawan identity
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| basicWordOrder |
SOV
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| category |
Japanese dialects
→
Languages of Japan → |
| country |
Japan
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| developedFrom |
contact between Standard Japanese and Okinawan language
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| distinctFrom |
Okinawan language
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Standard Japanese → |
| educationStatus |
coexists with Standard Japanese in schools
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not standard language of education → |
| hasDialectContinuumWith |
Standard Japanese
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| hasFeature |
code-switching with Okinawan language
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lexical items distinct from Standard Japanese → loanwords from Okinawan language → phonological influence from Ryukyuan languages → regional pronunciation → regional vocabulary → |
| hasLexicalBorrowingFrom |
English via Standard Japanese
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| hasPhonologicalFeature |
influence from Okinawan vowel system
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| hasSubstrate |
Okinawan language
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Ryukyuan languages → |
| influencedBy |
Okinawan language
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Ryukyuan languages → Standard Japanese → |
| ISO639Status |
not assigned separate ISO 639 code
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| languageFamily |
Japonic languages
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|
| mutualIntelligibility |
largely intelligible with Standard Japanese
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| periodOfDevelopment |
20th century
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| region |
Naha
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Okinawa Island → |
| sharesFeatureWith |
pitch accent of Japanese
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| sociolinguisticSituation |
contact variety
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regional colloquial speech → |
| spokenIn |
Okinawa Prefecture
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Ryukyu Islands → |
| status |
regional Japanese variety
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| subfamily |
Japanese language
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| typology |
agglutinative language
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| usedBy |
residents of Okinawa Prefecture
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| usedIn |
everyday conversation
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informal contexts → local media → |
| usesScript |
Hiragana
→
Kanji → Katakana → |
| writingSystem |
Japanese writing system
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|
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Japanese
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hasDialects |
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Japonic languages
("Shuri–Naha Okinawan")
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hasLanguage |
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Daitō Islands
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localDialect |
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Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
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localLanguage |