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Ryukyuans

The Ryukyuans are a Japonic-speaking East Asian ethnic group indigenous to the Ryukyu Islands, which stretch from the island of Kyushu to the island of Taiwan. In Japan, most Ryukyuans live in the Okinawa Prefecture or Kagoshima Prefecture. They speak the Ryukyuan languages, one of the branches of the Japonic language family along with the Japanese…

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Hyōgo Prefecture
12,000
Kagoshima Prefecture
118,773[nb 1]
Kanagawa Prefecture
45,000
Okinawa Prefecture
1.4 million
Osaka Prefecture
70,000
Outside of Japan
415,361

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Edges323
Triples235
Avg. degree1.99
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related to history · 94
Ryukyuans → According, Aceramic, After, Ainu, Akihito, April, Asahi Shimbun, Atayal, Battle, BCE, Both, Cao Wei, CE, Chinese, Discrimination, During, During World War II, Education's, Emperor, Emperors
related to Genetic studies · 47
Ryukyuans → According, AD, Ainu, Amami, Amami Islands, Asian, Asians, East Asian, Gusuku Period, Hanihara, Holocene-era, It, Japan, Japanese, Jōmon, Korea, Korean Peninsula, Kyushuan Jōmon, Late Jōmon, Mainland Japanese
related to Meiji period · 27
Ryukyuans → China, Chinese, During, Grant, In, Japan, Japan's, Japanese, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Meiji, Meiji-era Japan, Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, On, President Ulysses, Ryukyu, Ryukyu Domain, Ryukyuan, Ryukyuan King
related to Anthropological studies · 21
Ryukyuans → According, Ainu, Another, But, Comparative, Compared, East Asia, Honshu Island, Japan, Japanese, Jōmon, Neolithic Shell, Northeast Asian, Sinodonty, Specifically, Sundadonty, The Ryukyuans, Their, This, Yamato
related to Demography · 13
Ryukyuans → Blue Zone, Furthermore, Health, Japan, Japanese, Ministry, OCS, Okinawa, Okinawans, The, The Okinawa Centenarian Study, The Okinawans, This
related to Challenging the notion of ethnic homogeneity in Japan · 11
Ryukyuans → After, Aso, Aso's, Deputy Prime Minister Taro, Empire, Japan, Japanese, No, Ryukyuan, The, WWII Japan
related to Arts · 10
Ryukyuans → China, Goju-Ryū, Japanese, Naha-te, Okinawa, Shuri-te, The, The Kabura-ya, These, Tomari-te
related to External links · 2
Ryukyuans → Minority Rights Group International, Okinawans
Hyōgo Prefecture · 1
Ryukyuans → 12,000
Kagoshima Prefecture · 1
Ryukyuans → 118,773[nb 1]

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japanese okinawa ryukyuan japan islands ryukyu government period century people mainland china also languages okinawan chinese jōmon language southern indigenous

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RyukyuansHyōgo Prefecture12,0001.00infobox
RyukyuansKagoshima Prefecture118,773[nb 1]1.00infobox
RyukyuansKanagawa Prefecture45,0001.00infobox
RyukyuansOkinawa Prefecture1.4 million1.00infobox
RyukyuansOsaka Prefecture70,0001.00infobox
RyukyuansOutside of Japan415,3611.00infobox
RyukyuansRest of mainland Japan173,0001.00infobox
Kōchi Chōjōinstance offorcing his move to Tokyo with the reduced status of Viscount.Members of the Ryukyuan aristocratic classes0.80text
Rin Seikō continued to resist annexation for almost two decadesinstance offorcing his move to Tokyo with the reduced status of Viscount.Members of the Ryukyuan aristocratic classes0.80text
Thomas Pellardinstance ofmodern linguists0.80text
Ryukyuansrelated to Anthropological studiesComparative0.60section
Ryukyuansrelated to Anthropological studiesHonshu Island0.60section

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