what language do Okinawans parlent
Within Japan, Okinawan is often not seen as a language unto itself but is referred to as the Okinawan dialect (æ²ç¸æ¹è¨, Okinawa hÅgen) or more specifically the Central and Southern Okinawan dialects (æ²ç¸ä¸­åé¨è«¸æ¹è¨, Okinawa ChÅ«nanbu Sho hÅgen) . Okinawan speakers are undergoing language shift as they switch to Japanese.Language use in Okinawa today is far from stable. Okinawans are assimilating to standard Japanese due to the standardized education system, the expanding media, and expanding contact with mainlanders.kinawan is sometimes grouped with Kunigami as the Okinawan languages, however some linguists don't use this grouping or claim that Kunigami is a dialect of Okinawan.