Japonic family
Okinawan
c. 1400 CE – today Living
Okinawan (c. 1400 CE – today) is a living Japonic language. Lineage: Proto-Japonic → Proto-Ryukyuan → Okinawan.
See Okinawan on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
- ryu
- Glottocode
- cent2126
Central Okinawan, the language of the Ryukyu Kingdom court at Shuri. Endangered; most speakers are elderly.
Lineage
- Proto-Japonicc. 500 BCE – 0 CE
- Proto-Ryukyuanc. 800 CE – 1200 CE
- Okinawanc. 1400 CE – today