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. It is one of two primary branches of the Ryukyuan languages, which are then part of the Japonic languages. The subdivisions of Northern Ryukyuan are a matter of scholarly debate.
| Northern Ryukyuan | |
|---|---|
| Amami–Okinawan | |
| Geographic distribution | The Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, Okinawa Islands (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan) |
| Linguistic classification | Japonic
|
| Proto-language | Proto-Northern Ryukyuan |
| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | nort3255 |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.