Wong Ryukyu

yaiku wong pribumi ingkang manggon ing Kapuloan Ryukyu, ingkang letakipun wonten ing antarane pulo Kyushu lan pulau Taiwan. Wong Ryukyu umume dipérang dadi sawetara sub-suku, yaiku Amami, Okinawa, Miyako, Yaeyama, lan Yonaguni. Secara administratif, dheweke manggon ing Préfèktur Okinawa lan Préfèktur Kagoshima.

Basa-basané kalebu Kulawarga Basa Ryukyu, salah siji saka rong cabang basa kulawarga Japonik, lan cabang liyane yaiku basa Jepang lan dialek-dialekipun. Uga ana 300.000 wong keturunan Ryukyu sing makarya ing pulo Honshu,

## Sejarah 
Sacara genetis, wong Ryukyu pribumi raket banget karo wong Ainu, lan sedulur liya sing cedhak yaiku karo wong Jepang lan wong Korea. Wong Ryukyu uga paling cedhak nomer loro sing paling cedak karo wong Jomon, sawise wong Ainu. Nanging, ditemokake uga bagean gen sing asale saka Asia Selatan kuna.

Jeneng Ryukyu pisanan muncul ing serat babad Cina ing taun 605, saka Dinasti Sui.

Pendhudhuk Kapuloan Ryukyu njaga hubungan apik karo Cina sajrone Wangsa Ming. Ing taun 1392, yaiku nalika papréntahane Kaisar Hongwu, pangadeg Dinasti Ming, 36 kulawarga Tionghoa saka Fujian diundang Chūzan, sawijining panguwasa ing pulau Okinawa, kanggo mapan ing plabuhan Naha lan kerja dadi utusan, penerjemah, lan pejabat pamrentah.

Ing taun 1429, Hashi ngedegake Kerajaan Ryukyu kapusat ing pulo Okinawa, lan terus njaga hubungan apik karo China.

## Budaya 
Masarakat Ryukyu cenderung nganggep awake dhewe saling rumaket amarga pulau ingkang dipanggoni, lan utamane generasi tuwa asring nganggep awake dhewe iku wong Okinawain lagi wong Jepang.

Masakan Ryukyu cukup jelas nampilake pengaruh Cina lan Jepang. Wong Ryukyu seneng macem-macem masakan babi, isa saka daging utawa bagean awak liyane. Kajaba iku, daging babi uga asring digawe duduh kaldu.

Karaté minangka seni bela dhiri sing saiki misuwur asale saka Ryukyu, luwih tepate ing pulau Okinawa.

## Dhaptar tokoh 
Ing ngisor iki yaiku tokoh saka suku Ryukyu:

* Chōjun Miyagi, ahli seni beladiri, pangadeg karate Goju-ryu
* Cyril Takayama, pesulap
* Gackt, musisi
* Gichin Funakoshi, pangripta jinis karate Shotokan
* Higaonna Kanryō, bapak saka Karate modern
* High and Mighty Color, grup musik heavy rock
* Mitsuo Matayoshi, politisi
* Kadekaru Rinsho, penyanyi lagu rakyat
* Kazuki Ganaha, pemain bal-balan
* Kenichi Maeyamada, komposer, penulis lirik, lan musisi
* Motobu Chōki, karateka
* Namie Amuro, penyanyi
* Rimi Natsukawa, penyanyi
* Risa Niigaki, penyanyi, anggota Morning Musume
* Ryan Higa, aktor, pelawak, produser, artis YouTube
* Olivia Lufkin, penyanyi, panulis lagu
* Orange Range, band
* Shō Tai, raja pungkasan Kerajaan Ryukyu
* Speed, klompok penyanyi lan penari wanita
* Takeshi Kaneshiro, aktor
* Tetsuhiro Daiku, penyanyi lagu rakyat
* Yui Aragaki, penyanyi, aktor swara, lan model.

## Dheleng uga 
* Préfèktur Okinawa
* Préfèktur Kagoshima

## Referensi 
## Wacanan lanjutan 
* Kreiner, J. (1996). *Sources of Ryūkyūan history and culture in European collections*. Monographien aus dem Deutschen Institut für Japanstudien der Philipp-Franz-von-Siebold-Stiftung, Bd. 13. München: Iudicium. ISBN 3-89129-493-X
* Ota, Masahide. (2000). *Essays on Okinawa Problems*. Yui Shuppan Co.: Gushikawa City, Okinawa, Japan. ISBN 4-946539-10-7 C0036.
::An excellent collection of essays by a peace activist and former governor of Okinawa. Among the issues it discusses are those affecting the development of Ryukyuan identity.
* Ouwehand, C. (1985). *Hateruma: socio-religious aspects of a South-Ryukyuan island culture*. Leiden: E.J. Brill. ISBN 90-04-07710-3
* Pacific Science Congress, and Allan H. Smith. (1964). *Ryukyuan culture and society: a survey*. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
* Sakiyama, R. (1995). *Ryukyuan dance = Ryūkyū buyo*̄. Naha City: Okinawa Dept. of Commerce, Industry & Labor, Tourism & Cultural Affairs Bureau.
* Yamazato, Marie. (1995). *Ryukyuan cuisine*. Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture: Okinawa Tourism & Cultural Affairs Bureau Cultural Promotion Division.

## Pranala njaba 
* *Okinawa Peace Network of Los Angeles* , informasi budaya Ryukyu
* *Inside Story: Japan, The New Battle for Okinawa* (Asia Week)
* *The Politics of Uchinau*