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Seven More Regions will be Added to the Ryukyu Language Database housed by the University of the Ryukyus Library

by Unknown User on 2018-01-16T07:00:00-10:00 | 0 Comments

According to The Okinawa Times, by the year 2021, seven more regions in Okinawa and Amami will be added to the existing the Ryukuy Language database. The database started in 1998 to preserve and promote the extinguishing languages in the Okinawa area. Currently, the database has 45,000 shimakutuba (Okinawan/Ryukyuan) words.

The Ryukyuan Langage Database

The database is available from http://ryukyu-lang.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/

(n.s.) 14 January 2018. "The Expansion of the Ryukyuan Language Database Planned: More Vocabulary will be Added by 2021 at the University of the Ryukyus Library." The Okinawa Times. Retrieved from http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/194882


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