Orang Ryukyu
kelompok etnis
Suku Ryukyu atau Lewchewan (琉球民族 Ryūkyū minzoku?, Okinawan: Ruuchuu minzuku) adalah suku-suku pribumi dari Kepulauan Ryukyu yang terletak di antara pulau Kyushu dan pulau Taiwan. Suku Ryukyu secara umum dibagi menjadi beberapa subkelompok, yaitu Amami, Okinawa, Miyako, Yaeyama, dan Yonaguni. Politically, they live in either Okinawa Prefecture or Kagoshima Prefecture. Their languages make up the Ryukyuan language family, one of the two branches of the Japonic language family, the other one being Japanese and its dialects.
| Daerah dengan populasi signifikan | |
|---|---|
 OkinawaKagoshima (Amami) Taiwan Filipina Brazil Peru California (AS) Hawaii (AS) | |
| Bahasa | |
| Rumpun bahasa Ryukyu, Bahasa Jepang | |
| Agama | |
| Agama Ryukyu, Buddhisme, Shinto | |
| Kelompok etnik terkait | |
| Suku Yamato, Suku Yayoi [1][2] |
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Referensi
- ^ An Austronesian Presence in Southern Japan: Early Occupation in the Yaeyama Islands, Glenn R. Summerhayes and Atholl Anderson, Department of Anthropology, Otago University, diakses 22 November 2009
- ^ Seafirm, Leon A. (2009). "Linguistically, What is Ryukyuan – Synchronic and diaschronic perspectives" (pre-symposium draft, 2009); diakses 22 November 2009