Words & dialect・Okinawa

UchinaaguchiUchinaaguchi

Also known as: うちなーぐち・しまくとぅば・shimakutuba

The collective term for the Okinawan language (dialect). Words such as "mensoore" (welcome) and "nifee deebiru" (thank you) are well known, and it lies behind hard-to-read place names and island culture.

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