Ryukyuan
Ryukyuan religion is a native belief structure of the ryukyu islands.
Ryukyuan. The native religion of the ryukyuans is the ryukyuan religion an. The ryūkyūan languages okinawan. Information and translations of ryukyuan in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.
Most linguists on the other hand refer to the ryukyuan languages as separate languages. Although various traditions and legends may differ from one island to the other the ryukuans worship their ancestors while respecting the relationship between the spirits gods the living and the dead. Although japan says the ryukyuan languages are dialects of japanese most linguists see them as languages this is because japanese speakers would not be able to.
The ryukyuan people 琉球民族 ryūkyū minzoku okinawan. Ryukyuan definition a native or inhabitant of ryukyu. Ruuchuu minzuku or duuchuu minzuku also lewchewan or loochooan are an east asian ethnic group native to the ryukyu islands between the islands of kyushu and taiwan.
Politically they live in either okinawa prefecture or kagoshima prefecture their languages make up the ryukyuan languages considered to be one of the two branches.