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Ryukyuan

ryu·kyuan

UK/ˈɹjuːkjuːən/ uncommon

noun

1.

a member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu islands southwest of Japan

2.

the language (related to Japanese) that is spoken by the people of the Ryukyu Islands

Origin

From Ryukyu + -an.

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