Ryukyuan

English

Alternative forms

• (historical) Loochooan, Loo Chooan, Lewchewan, Lew Chewan, Luchuan
• Ryūkyūan

Etymology

From Ryukyu +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹjuːkjuːən/

Adjective

Ryukyuan (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or derived from Ryukyu.

Noun

Ryukyuan (plural Ryukyuans)

1. A native or inhabitant of Ryukyu.

Translations

a native or inhabitant of Ryukyu

• Ainu: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 琉球族 (lau⁴ kau⁴ zuk⁶), 琉球人 (lau⁴ kau⁴ jan⁴)

  Mandarin: 琉球族 (Liúqiúzú), 琉球人 (Liúqiúrén)

• Finnish: riukiulainen
• Japanese: 琉球民族 (ja) (りゅうきゅうみんぞく, Ryūkyū minzoku), 琉球人 (ja) (りゅうきゅうじん, Ryūkyū-jin)
• Korean: 류큐 민족 (Ryukyu minjok), 류큐인 (ko) (Ryukyu-in), 류큐 사람 (Ryukyu saram)
• Okinawan: 琉球民族 (るーちゅーみんずく, Rūchū minzuku), 琉球人 (るーちゅーんちゅ, Rūchūnchu)
• Russian: рюкю́сец (ru) m (rjukjúsec), рюкю́ска f (rjukjúska)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Proper noun

Ryukyuan

1. Any of the traditional languages of Ryukyu, in modern times predominantly displaced by Japanese.

Derived terms

• Proto-Ryukyuan

Translations

languages of Ryukyu

• Ainu: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 琉球語 / 琉球语 (Liúqiúyǔ)

• Finnish: riukiulainen kieli
• French: ryūkyū, ryūkyūan, ryūkyūais, ryūkyūïen
• Japanese: 琉球語 (ja) (りゅうきゅうご, Ryūkyū-go)
• Korean: 류큐어 (Ryukyu-eo)
• Miyako: 島口 (すまふつ, Sumafutsu)
• Okinawan: 島言葉 (しまくとぅば, Shima-kutuba), 沖縄口 (うちなーぐち, Uchinaa-guchi)
• Russian: рюкю́ский m (rjukjúskij) (язы́к), рюкю́ m (rjukjú)
• Spanish: lenguas ryukyuenses
• Vietnamese: tiếng Lưu Cầu
• Yaeyama: 島物言 (しまむに, Sïmamuni)

See also

• Kikai
• Kunigami
• Miyako
• Okinawan
• Yaeyama
• Yonaguni
• Yoron