Amami people
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The Amami people are an indigenous Ryukyuan ethnic group from Japan’s Amami Islands, with their own distinct language, culture, and traditions separate from mainland Japanese society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amami people canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ethnic group ⓘ |
| associatedIsland |
Amami Ōshima
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kikai Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Okinoerabu Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokunoshima NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoron Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bilingualIn |
Amami language
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalIssue | assimilation into mainstream Japanese culture ⓘ |
| culturallyDistinctFrom | Yamato Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRevitalization |
efforts to preserve Amami language
ⓘ
efforts to preserve Oshima Tsumugi weaving ⓘ efforts to preserve shima-uta music ⓘ |
| ethnographicRegion | Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus |
separated administratively from Okinawa during Edo period
ⓘ
under Satsuma Domain control from 1609 ⓘ |
| language | Amami language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Japonic languages
ⓘ
Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShift | toward Japanese ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| modernReligion |
Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Christianity (minority) ⓘ Shinto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| populationTrend | declining due to outmigration and low birth rate ⓘ |
| postwarStatus | under United States administration from 1946 to 1953 ⓘ |
| primaryLocation |
Amami Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAsIndigenousBy | Japan (de facto, limited recognition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Miyako people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Okinawans NERFINISHED ⓘ Yaeyama people NERFINISHED ⓘ Yonaguni people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reversionToJapan | 1953 ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Ryukyuan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalClothing |
Oshima Tsumugi garments
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
kimono-style garments ⓘ |
| traditionalCraft | Oshima Tsumugi silk weaving ⓘ |
| traditionalDance | island folk dances ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
fishing
ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ sugarcane cultivation ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | wooden houses with thatched or tiled roofs ⓘ |
| traditionalInstrument | sanshin ⓘ |
| traditionalMusic | shima-uta folk songs ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion |
Ryukyuan religion
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ animism ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.