| Okinawan | |
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| Geographic distribution: |
Japan (Okinawa Prefecture, Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture) |
| Genetic classification: |
Japonic Ryukyuan Okinawan |
| Subdivisions: |
Ie
Shimajiri
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The Okinawan languages (沖縄語) are a subgroup of the Ryukyuan languages of Japan. There are four:
- Kunigami (or "Northern Okinawan")
- Ie
- (South-Central) Okinawan (Standard Okinawan, or Shuri)
- Shimajiri (the classification of the Shimajiri dialects are uncertain, but are often combined geographically as "Southern Okinawan")
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