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Reorganization of Okinawan language. Please feel free to add citation, reword the sentences if it does not "sound scholarly enough", add more information.

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History
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Classification
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Like how there is no set classification of what Okinawan is, there is a debate on how to formally write "Okinawan" in Okinawan (see the orthography section of this page) (change the link to an anchor link.) "Okinawan" in Okinawan is uchinaaguchi.
 * How it is written in Okinawan
 * Kanji: 沖縄口
 * Hiragana: うちなーぐち/うちなあぐち
 * Katakana: ウチナーグチ

Vowels
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Consonants
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Accent and Pitch
(Show differences from standard Japanese)

Grammar
To add information to some parts of this section, you can use the link here (in Japanese)

Syntax and Word Order
Main SOV structure.

Parts of Speech
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Nouns (名詞)
(Stuff about nouns here) Nouns are classified as independent, non-conjugating part of speech that can become a subject of a sentence

Pronouns are classified the same as nouns, except that pronouns are more broad.
 * Pronouns (代名詞) * (change all " ====PoS==== " to ;PoS " after each section is done, to make edits a little easier)

Adverbs (副詞) *
Adverbs are classified as an independent, non-conjugating part of speech that cannot become a subject of a sentence and modifies a declinable word (用言; verbs, adverbs, adjectives) that comes after the adverb. There are two main categories to adverbs and several subcategories within each category, as shown in the table below.

Verbs (動詞)
Include types of verbs and conjugation tables.

Verbs are classified as an independent, conjugating part of speech that shows movements. The conclusive form ends in ん (n).

Adjectives (形容詞)
Adjectives are classified as an independent, conjugating part of speech that shows property or state. The conclusive form ends in さん (san).

(存在動詞)
存在動詞 are classified as an independent, conjugating part of speech that shows existence or decision of a certain thing. やん (yan) attaches to a substantive.

Adjectival Verbs (形容動詞)
Adjectival verbs are classified as an independent, conjugating part of speech that shows the state of existence of events. やん (yan) attaches to words that shows state.

Honorifics
Like Japanese, Okinawan is an honorifics-rich language, although Okinawan honorifics are more complex.

Orthography
(show pictures to corresponding text type)

Debate
As there is no current standard for writing the Okinawan language, there are many approaches to doing so.


 * Romaji

Academic papers written in English or other languages other than Japanese will use rōmaji.

Three ways to elongate vowels using this method of transcription: repeat of vowel, use the IPA symbol, or use of dash "-" or "–".


 * All Kana

Use of all kana, whether hiragana or katakana, or mostly kana with limited kanji use.


 * Long Vowels


 * Debate on whether vowel kana be used to elongate vowels, or the chōonpu be used. There is an opposition to using chōonpu when the words containing the long vowel are written in hiragana, because the chōonpu in Japanese is a purely katakana character.

Similar to how standard Japanese is written.
 * Kana + Kanji Mix


 * Kanji Readings


 * 1) As with Japanese, not all readings of kanji accurately depict the actual kanji; writers had the freedom to use whatever kanji they wanted, as long as it made sense with the reading.
 * 2) Because the Kanji + Kana mix system is similar to that of Japanese, non-native speakers or learners of Okinawan, especially Japanese natives or those learning Okinawan after learning Japanese will automatically input Japanese readings, as they are more readily available, unless there is furigana to accommodate the kanji.

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 * Syllabary

Example Phrases, Vocabularies, Sentences
See the JLect Okinawan Language Dictionary.

An essay written both in Japanese and Okinawan