Editing Okinawa Prefecture (section)

==Language==
There remain six [[Ryukyuan languages]] which, although related, are incomprehensible to speakers of [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. [[Amami Ōshima language|One of the Ryukyuan languages]] is spoken in [[Kagoshima Prefecture]], rather than in Okinawa Prefecture. These languages are in decline as the younger generation of Okinawans uses Standard Japanese. Mainland Japanese and some Okinawans generally perceive the Ryukyuan languages as "dialects". Standard Japanese is almost always used in formal situations. In informal situations, ''de facto'' everyday language among Okinawans under age 60 is Okinawa-accented mainland Japanese ("[[Okinawan Japanese]]"), which is often mistaken by non-Okinawans as the Okinawan language proper. The actual traditional Okinawan language is still used in traditional cultural activities, such as [[Okinawan music|folk music]] and [[Kumi Odori|folk dance]]. There is a radio-news program in the language as well.<ref>
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