Amami Okinawa dialect group - Amami Okinawa dialect group

Japanese: 奄美沖縄方言群 - あまみおきなわほうげんぐん
Amami Okinawa dialect group - Amami Okinawa dialect group

...Direct loanwords from China are not very numerous, and tend to be highly cultural words relating to trade, events, food, and clothing, such as sːkuː (sand pot), haiçeː (pirate), cikusi (tribute ship), and tːhwːkuː (dahuagu, a name for a musical drama).
[Subdivisions of the Ryukyuan language]
The Ryukyuan dialects are divided into a northern group (Amami Okinawa dialect group) and a southern group (Miyako Yaeyama dialect group) by the wide ocean between the Okinawa Islands and the Miyako Islands. Recent research has further subdivided these two groups, mainly into larger islands.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Amami Okinawa Dialect Group" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中国からの直接の借用語は,sːkuː〈沙鍋〉,haiçeː〈海賊〉,cikusi〈進貢船〉,tːhwːkuː〈打花鼓(楽劇の名)〉など,交易,行事,食品,衣料など高度に文化的な単語にかたよっていて,数はそう多くない。
【琉球語の下位区分】
 琉球語諸方言は,沖縄諸島と宮古諸島の間の広い海にさえぎられて,北グループ(奄美沖縄方言群)と南グループ(宮古八重山方言群)にまず分かれる。両群はさらに,最近までの研究によって,主として大きな島ごとに下位区分される。…

※「奄美沖縄方言群」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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