Also Known As:
Uchinaaguchi, うちなーぐち, Uchināguchi, Luchu, Ryukyuan, Central Ryukyuan, Okinawa, Central Group, Okinawan, Central, Central Okinawan, 沖縄語, 沖縄方言, シマクトゥバ, Okinawan
Dialects & Varieties
- Shuri
- Naha
- Kudaka
- Torishima
Shuri Okinawan Grammar
Miyara, Shinsho. (2015). Shuri Okinawan Grammar. In Heinrich, P., Miyara, S., & Shimoji, M. (Eds.), Handbook of the Ryukyuan languages : history, structure, and use (380-403) . De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614511151
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Hara and Heinrich (2015)'s chapter in the Handbook of the Ryukyuan Languages discusses the Society for the Conservation of Shimayumuta (‘community language’) est. 1994 which has published and distributed a vocabulary of the Amami language and an Amami orthography.
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Contributor:
Patrick Heinrich
Conversation in the Okinawan language of Kume Island