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It is considered that contemporary people older than 85 exclusively use Ryukyuan, between 45 and 85 use Ryukyuan and standard Japanese depending on family or working environment, younger than 45 are able to understand Ryukyuan, while younger than 30 mainly are not able to understand nor speak Ryukyuan languages. [149] Only older people speak ...
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The statistics also do not take into account minority groups who are Japanese citizens such as the Ainu (an aboriginal people primarily living in Hokkaido), the Ryukyuans (from the Ryukyu Islands south of mainland Japan), naturalized citizens from backgrounds including but not limited to Korean and Chinese, and citizen descendants of immigrants ...
10 Notable fictional characters. 11 References. ... Download QR code; Print/export ... the indigenous people of the Ryukyu Islands in East Asia.
Additionally, Japanese soldiers shot Okinawans who attempted to surrender to Allied Forces. America utilized Nisei Okinawans in psychological warfare, broadcasting in Okinawan, leading to the Japanese belief that Okinawans who did not speak Japanese were spies or disloyal to Japan, or both. These people were often killed as a result.
Traditionally, the Ryukyuan people spoke the Ryukyuan languages, a sub-branch of the Japonic language family. Conservatively, there are six Ryukyuan varieties in total: the Okinawan, Kunigami, Miyakoan, Yaeyama, Yonaguni and Amami languages. [4] [5] They are not mutually intelligible with Japanese, nor with each other for the most part. [5]
From the time of King Shunten's reign (1187–1237) to King Gihon (1249–1259), clothing which was characteristic of the Ryukyuan people had developed. [7] The clothing was later recorded through illustrations; it was depicted in a 14th century book. [7] During the reign of King Eiso, Buddhism was introduced to the Ryukyuan Kingdom from Japan. [7]
The Ryukyuan people are an indigenous ethnic group native to Okinawa Prefecture and parts of Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.