#okinawan — Public Fediverse posts

Got my hands on a cheap Uchinaaguchi textbook and honestly i want to drink it in. Other than some classical Japanese I've only ever studied modern Japanese as far as Japonic languages go. And the similarities and divergence points between Uchinaaguchi and Japanese are making my brain explode in delight, just like when I'm poking at related Indo Endropean languages. #linguistics #endangeredlanguages #okinawan #uchinaaguchi #japanese

From a Hungarian choir in Budapest to EU diplomacy in Brussels, the fate of minority languages reveals how states define themselves — and whom they protect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/06/11/world/fate-of-minority-languages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #languages #nationalism #hungary #ukraine #miyako #taiwan #yaeyama #yonaguni #okinawan #unesco #eu #transcarpathia #china #tibetans #uyghurs #mongolians #russia #crimea #ryukyukingdom

On the keycard at this hotel far from #Japan, someone seems to have included #Okinawan (unless I am mistaken) as one of the many languages. Interesting - and cool - choice!

[...] (indigo dyeing in Yanbaru) and not archaeology (although I surveyed pre-war indigo jars in Yanbaru so I might be able to do something about that)
And nothing planned for the Sunday yet.
I'm ready to hear any request about #Okinawan archaeology and see what I can do to please. Or I'll go and live-toot-visit Katsuren gusuku, as I said I would do last year before I changed my plan and went to Zakimi [...]
#Okinawa #Ryukyu

#Okinawan (Central-Southern) conversation corpus
https://okinawan-corpus.web.app/

#Kali is one of the styles that we are blending into #Okinawan #Karate at my school. This set of #wristlocks is absolutely awesome to watch. The skill with which the guy flows from lock to lock has me watching this over and over again. #filipino #martialarts

Edit: his name is Mark Mikita.