Uchinaaguchi

E664583

Uchinaaguchi is the indigenous Ryukyuan language traditionally spoken in Okinawa Island, distinct from standard Japanese in its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Uchinaaguchi canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ryukyuan language
indigenous language
language
alsoKnownAs Okinawan
linked to: Okinawan language

Okinawan language
closelyRelatedTo Kunigami language
endangeredStatus UNESCO endangered language
definitely endangered
hasDialect Shuri–Naha dialect
hasFeature agglutinative morphology
distinct grammar from Standard Japanese
distinct phonology from Standard Japanese
distinct vocabulary from Standard Japanese
honorific forms
pitch accent system
subject–object–verb word order
hasGrammaticalFeature politeness distinctions in verbs
topic marker particles
hasLoanwordsFrom Chinese
English
Japanese
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
palatalized consonants
historicalPeriod Ryukyu Kingdom era
linked to: Ryukyu Kingdom
influencedBy Chinese language
Japanese language
Satsuma Japanese
linked to: Kagoshima Japanese
ISOStatus has ISO 639-3 code 'ryu'
languageBranch Ryukyuan languages
languageFamily Japonic languages
nativeName ウチナーグチ
沖縄口
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Standard Japanese
linked to: Japanese
recognizedAs separate language from Japanese by many linguists
region Central Okinawa
revitalizationEffort promoted by local cultural organizations
taught in some Okinawan schools
used in community radio programs
spokenIn Japan
Okinawa Island
Okinawa Prefecture
standardBasedOn Shuri dialect
subclassOf Northern Ryukyuan language
usedIn Okinawan folk songs
Okinawan theater
traditional Okinawan performing arts
writingSystem Japanese kana
Latin alphabet
kanji

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Urasoe regionalLanguage Uchinaaguchi
Ginowan localLanguage Uchinaaguchi
Ginowan localLanguage Uchinaaguchi
subject linked to: Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan