Proto‑Ryukyuan

Target entity: Proto‑Ryukyuan
Context triple: [Okinawan language, hasAncestor, Proto‑Ryukyuan]

• A. Ryukyuan languages
  The Ryukyuan languages are a group of closely related but distinct Japonic languages traditionally spoken in Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, many of which are now endangered.
• B. Southern Ryukyuan languages
  The Southern Ryukyuan languages are a subgroup of the Ryukyuan language family spoken primarily in the southern Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Sakishima Islands, and are considered distinct from standard Japanese.
• C. Northern Ryukyuan language
  The Northern Ryukyuan language is a branch of the Ryukyuan languages spoken in the northern Ryukyu Islands of Japan, distinct from standard Japanese and comprising varieties such as Amami and Okinawan.
• D. Okinawan Japanese
  Okinawan Japanese is a regional variety of the Japanese language spoken primarily in Okinawa, influenced by both Standard Japanese and the indigenous Ryukyuan languages.
• E. Yuki–Wappo languages
  The Yuki–Wappo languages are an extinct small family of Native American languages once spoken in northern California, often discussed in relation to the proposed Penutian phylum.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Proto‑Ryukyuan
Target entity description: Proto-Ryukyuan is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the modern Ryukyuan languages, including Okinawan, are believed to have descended.

• A. Ryukyuan languages
  The Ryukyuan languages are a group of closely related but distinct Japonic languages traditionally spoken in Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, many of which are now endangered.
• B. Southern Ryukyuan languages
  The Southern Ryukyuan languages are a subgroup of the Ryukyuan language family spoken primarily in the southern Ryukyu Islands of Japan, including Okinawa and the Sakishima Islands, and are considered distinct from standard Japanese.
• C. Northern Ryukyuan language
  The Northern Ryukyuan language is a branch of the Ryukyuan languages spoken in the northern Ryukyu Islands of Japan, distinct from standard Japanese and comprising varieties such as Amami and Okinawan.
• D. Okinawan Japanese
  Okinawan Japanese is a regional variety of the Japanese language spoken primarily in Okinawa, influenced by both Standard Japanese and the indigenous Ryukyuan languages.
• E. Yuki–Wappo languages
  The Yuki–Wappo languages are an extinct small family of Native American languages once spoken in northern California, often discussed in relation to the proposed Penutian phylum.
• F. None of above. chosen