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Name: Okinawan, Central

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Okinawan; Luchu; Ryukyuan; Central Ryukyuan; Okinawa; Central Group

Spoken in: Japan

Number of speakers: 984,000 (2000). Ethnic population: Total ethnic population of Okinawan is 1,200,000 (2000 Yukio) (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 984285 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: ryu

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Japanese

Parent Subgroup: Southern Amami-Okinawan (saok)

Child Dialects: Shuri (ryu-shu) Naha (ryu-nah) Kudaka (ryu-kud) Torishima (ryu-tor)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Endangered

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