Ryukyuan

Ryukyuan
/ree ooh"kyooh euhn, ryooh"-/, n.
1. a native or inhabitant of Ryukyu.
2. the group of dialects spoken in the Ryukyu Islands, related to Japanese.
adj.
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Ryukyu.

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