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Word History and Origins
Origin of Ryukyuan1
First recorded in 1880–85; Ryukyu ( def ) + -an ( def )
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Example Sentences
Adding to this, both species are only active at night, and the Ryukyuan only appears in winter.
From Science Daily
On a recent weekend, about 30 people gathered at the school, a small, sparsely furnished two-story building, to hear accounts in the Ryukyuan language by survivors of the American invasion of Okinawa in 1945.
From New York Times
Therefore when, in 1873, the crew of a wrecked Ryukyuan junk was barbarously treated by the Formosan aborigines, the Yedo Government at once sought redress from Peking.
From Project Gutenberg
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