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Index Northern Ryukyuan languages

The Northern Ryukyuan languages are a group of languages spoken in the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture and the Okinawa Islands, Okinawa Prefecture of southwestern Japan.[1]

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  1. 27 relations: Administrative divisions of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Amami Ōshima language, Amami Islands, Amami languages, Aspirated consonant, Ethnologue, Japan, Japanese language, Japonic languages, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kikai language, Kunigami language, Labial consonant, Okinawa Island, Okinawa Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawan language, Okinoerabu dialect cluster, Prefectures of Japan, Ryukyu Kingdom, Ryukyuan languages, Southern Amami Ōshima language, Tenuis consonant, Tokunoshima language, Yaeyama language, Yoron language, Yoronjima.

  2. Ryukyuan languages

Administrative divisions of the Ryukyu Kingdom

The administrative divisions of the Ryukyu Kingdom were a hierarchy composed of districts, magiri, or majiri cities, villages, and islands established by the Ryukyu Kingdom throughout the Ryukyu Islands.

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Amami Ōshima language

The Amami language or languages (島口, シマユムタ), also known as Amami Ōshima or simply Ōshima ('Big Island'), is a Ryukyuan language spoken in the Amami Islands south of Kyūshū. Northern Ryukyuan languages and Amami Ōshima language are Ryukyuan languages.

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Amami Islands

The The name Amami-guntō was standardized on February 15, 2010.

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Amami languages

The Amami languages are a collection of dialect clusters spoken across the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Northern Ryukyuan languages and Amami languages are Ryukyuan languages.

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Aspirated consonant

In phonetics, aspiration is the strong burst of breath that accompanies either the release or, in the case of preaspiration, the closure of some obstruents.

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Ethnologue

Ethnologue: Languages of the World is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Japanese language

is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.

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Japonic languages

Japonic or Japanese–Ryukyuan (Nichiryū gozoku), sometimes also Japanic, is a language family comprising Japanese, spoken in the main islands of Japan, and the Ryukyuan languages, spoken in the Ryukyu Islands.

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Kagoshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands.

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Kikai language

The Kikai language is spoken on Kikai Island, Kagoshima Prefecture of southwestern Japan. Northern Ryukyuan languages and Kikai language are Ryukyuan languages.

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Kunigami language

The Kunigami or Northern Okinawan language, is a Ryukyuan language of Northern Okinawa Island in Kunigami District and city of Nago, otherwise known as the Yanbaru region, historically the territory of the kingdom of Hokuzan. Northern Ryukyuan languages and Kunigami language are Ryukyuan languages.

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Labial consonant

Labial consonants are consonants in which one or both lips are the active articulator.

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Okinawa Island

, officially, is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region.

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Okinawa Islands

The are an island group in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and are the principal island group of the prefecture.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Okinawan language

The Okinawan language (沖縄口, ウチナーグチ) or Central Okinawan is a Northern Ryukyuan language spoken primarily in the southern half of the island of Okinawa, as well as in the surrounding islands of Kerama, Kumejima, Tonaki, Aguni and a number of smaller peripheral islands. Northern Ryukyuan languages and Okinawan language are Ryukyuan languages.

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Okinoerabu dialect cluster

The Okinoerabu dialect cluster (島ムニ Shimamuni), also Oki-no-Erabu, is a dialect cluster spoken on Okinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture of southwestern Japan. Northern Ryukyuan languages and Okinoerabu dialect cluster are Ryukyuan languages.

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Prefectures of Japan

Japan is divided into 47 prefectures (todōfuken), which rank immediately below the national government and form the country's first level of jurisdiction and administrative division.

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Ryukyu Kingdom

The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879.

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Ryukyuan languages

The, also Lewchewan or Luchuan, are the indigenous languages of the Ryukyu Islands, the southernmost part of the Japanese archipelago.

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Southern Amami Ōshima language

The Southern Amami Ōshima language is a Ryukyuan language spoken in Setouchi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Northern Ryukyuan languages and Southern Amami Ōshima language are Ryukyuan languages.

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Tenuis consonant

In linguistics, a tenuis consonant is an obstruent that is voiceless, unaspirated and unglottalized.

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Tokunoshima language

The Tokunoshima language (シマグチ (島口) Shimaguchi or シマユミィタ Shimayumiita), also Toku-no-Shima, is a dialect cluster spoken on Tokunoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture of southwestern Japan. Northern Ryukyuan languages and Tokunoshima language are Ryukyuan languages.

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Yaeyama language

The Yaeyama language (八重山物言/ヤイマムニ, Yaimamuni) is a Southern Ryukyuan language spoken in the Yaeyama Islands, the southernmost inhabited island group in Japan, with a combined population of about 53,000. Northern Ryukyuan languages and Yaeyama language are Ryukyuan languages.

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Yoron language

The Yoron language (ユンヌフトゥバ Yunnu Futuba) is a dialect continuum spoken on Yoronjima in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Northern Ryukyuan languages and Yoron language are Ryukyuan languages.

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Yoronjima

, also known as Yoron, is one of the Amami Islands.

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See also

Ryukyuan languages

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ryukyuan_languages

Also known as Amami dialects, Amami-North Okinawan language, Amami-Okinawan languages, Central Ryukyuan language, Northern Ryukyuan dialects, Northern Ryukyuan language, Northern Ryūkyūan languages, Okinawan languages.