Okinawan Japanese (ウチナーヤマトグチ, 沖縄大和口 uchinā yamatoguchi) is the Japanese language as spoken by people of Okinawa Prefecture.
Okinawan Japanese's accents and words are influenced by Ryukyuan languages and American English.
Vocabulary and phrase
- haisai (はいさい) - hello (こんにちは)
- ... sā (さー) - sentence final particle
- aga! (あがっ!) - ouch!
- deeji (でーじ) - very, terribly
- shini (しに) - very, used by young people
- wajiru (わじる) - stream up
- furā (ふらー) - foolish
- ... (sa) rindō (さりんどー) - I will ... to you!
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