Definitions of Ryukyuan
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a member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu Islands southwest of Japan
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the language (related to Japanese) that is spoken by the people of the Ryukyu Islands
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type of:
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Japanese
the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese
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Japanese
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