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Japanese language and Ryukyuan languages

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Difference between Japanese language and Ryukyuan languages

Japanese language vs. Ryukyuan languages

is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language. The are the indigenous languages of the Ryukyu Islands, the southernmost part of the Japanese archipelago.

Similarities between Japanese language and Ryukyuan languages

Japanese language and Ryukyuan languages have 26 things in common (in Unionpedia): Ainu language, Amami Islands, Austronesian languages, Classical Chinese, Focus (linguistics), French language, Hiragana, Inflection, Japanese archipelago, Japanese writing system, Japonic languages, Jōmon period, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kanbun, Kanji, Katakana, Korean language, Mora (linguistics), Okinawa Prefecture, Old Japanese, Ryukyu Islands, Subject–object–verb, Tōhoku region, Topic and comment, United States, World War II.

Ainu language

Ainu (Ainu: アイヌ・イタㇰ Aynu.

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Amami Islands

The The name Amami-guntō was standardized on February 15, 2010.

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Austronesian languages

The Austronesian languages are a language family that is widely dispersed throughout Maritime Southeast Asia, Madagascar and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, with a few members in continental Asia.

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Classical Chinese

Classical Chinese, also known as Literary Chinese, is the language of the classic literature from the end of the Spring and Autumn period through to the end of the Han Dynasty, a written form of Old Chinese.

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Focus (linguistics)

Focus (abbreviated) is a grammatical category that determines which part of the sentence contributes new, non-derivable, or contrastive information.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Hiragana

is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and in some cases rōmaji (Latin script).

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Inflection

In grammar, inflection or inflexion – sometimes called accidence – is the modification of a word to express different grammatical categories such as tense, case, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, and mood.

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Japanese archipelago

The is the group of islands that forms the country of Japan, and extends roughly from northeast to southwest along the northeastern coast of the Eurasia mainland, washing upon the northwestern shores of the Pacific Ocean.

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Japanese writing system

The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.

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Japonic languages

The Japonic or Japanese-Ryukyuan language family includes the Japanese language spoken on the main islands of Japan as well as the Ryukyuan languages spoken in the Ryukyu Islands.

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Jōmon period

The is the time in Japanese prehistory, traditionally dated between 14,000–300 BCE, recently refined to about 1000 BCE, during which Japan was inhabited by a hunter-gatherer culture, which reached a considerable degree of sedentism and cultural complexity.

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Kagoshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu.

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Kanbun

, a method of annotating Classical Chinese so that it can be read in Japanese, was used from the Heian period to the mid-20th century.

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Kanji

Kanji (漢字) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system.

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Katakana

is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).

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Korean language

The Korean language (Chosŏn'gŭl/Hangul: 조선말/한국어; Hanja: 朝鮮말/韓國語) is an East Asian language spoken by about 80 million people.

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Mora (linguistics)

A mora (plural morae or moras; often symbolized μ) is a unit in phonology that determines syllable weight, which in some languages determines stress or timing.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Old Japanese

is the oldest attested stage of the Japanese language.

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Ryukyu Islands

The, also known as the or the, are a chain of islands annexed by Japan that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the southernmost.

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Subject–object–verb

In linguistic typology, a subject–object–verb (SOV) language is one in which the subject, object, and verb of a sentence always or usually appear in that order.

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Tōhoku region

The, Northeast region, or Northeast Japan consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.

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Topic and comment

In linguistics, the topic, or theme, of a sentence is what is being talked about, and the comment (rheme or focus) is what is being said about the topic.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Japanese language and Ryukyuan languages Comparison

Japanese language has 264 relations, while Ryukyuan languages has 118. As they have in common 26, the Jaccard index is 6.81% = 26 / (264 + 118).

References

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