ウチナーヤマトグチ

noun

Okinawan Japanese

Refers to the variety of Japanese spoken in Okinawa, influenced by Ryukyuan languages. Often used in discussions of dialect and language contact.

• ウチナーヤマトグチは、沖おき縄なわの言こと葉ばと標ひょう準じゅん語ごが混まざった話はなし方かただ。

  Uchinaa Yamatoguchi is a way of speaking that mixes Okinawan words with standard Japanese.

• 地じ元もとの人ひとはウチナーヤマトグチで話はなすことが多おおい。

  Local people often speak in Okinawan Japanese.