Byron Fija on Ryukyuan Languages in Uchinaaguchi

Byron Fija explains that there are 6 Ryukyuan languages

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[ashesoneeight]

Great vid finally a good explanation...Sounds like korean japanese mixed...

[Cybertoco]

Incredible. Won't anyone document all this?

[hattifnattification]

This is so cool!! 

[SantomPh]

which of the two lines at the top is Japanese? the one on top? so does it mean that Okinawan uses Japanese characters but not in the same way as Japanese?

[DarthTwilight]

true, true. I still cant understand a word of it.

[Coverguy88]

but have some nice similarities as well :D

[Wannabe Mayuyu]

奄美は「ありがとう」って言うとですね。知らんやったです。鹿児­島弁も聞いても分からんです。文字にすると少しわかりやすうなり­ます。琉球の言葉も九州の言葉に似とう節のあります。ほとんどわ­からんばってん…

主格の「の」やら、「ように」っちゅう意味の「ごと」やら、「大­概」やら「いっちゃん」やらは沖縄でん使うとですね。

「南風（はえ）」は古文に出てくる単語ですね。

[ryu kyu]

Thanks for your efforts!

[DarthTwilight]

This is quite interesting. That is very different from Nihongo.