Editing Okinawan language (section)

===Outside of Japan===
[[File:Colonia Okinawa.jpg|thumb|Sign in [[Okinawa Uno]] (a ''colonia'' in [[Bolivia]]), in Spanish and Okinawan: the text reads {{lang|ryu|めんそ〜れ オキナワへ}}, ''Menso~re Okinawa-e''.]]

The Okinawan language is still spoken by communities of Okinawan immigrants in [[Brazil]]. The first immigrants from the island of Okinawa to Brazil landed in the [[Port of Santos]] in 1908 drawn by the hint of work and farmable land. Once in a new country and far from their homeland, they found themselves in a place where there was no prohibition of their language, allowing them to willingly speak, celebrate and preserve their speech and culture, up to the present day. Currently the Okinawan-Japanese centers and communities in the [[State of São Paulo]] are a world reference to this language helping it to stay alive.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42859249 | title=A little corner of Brazil that is forever Okinawa| work=BBC News| date=4 February 2018}}</ref>  Courses in Okinawan language and literature are offered at the [[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa]] and books in Uchinaaguchi have been published in [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Okinawan Princess: Da Legend of Hajichi Tattoos |url=https://besspress.com/products/okinawan-princess-da-legend-of-hajichi-tattoos |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Bess Press |language=en}}</ref>