By NOBUAKI TANAKA/ Staff Writer
January 22, 2020 at 08:30 JST
This picture book contains passages written in the local Yonaguni dialect of Okinawa Prefecture, along with its relevant translations into Japanese and English. (Nobuaki Tanaka)
Okinawa Prefecture, home of the Ryukyu Kingdom that was incorporated into Japan in the late 19th century, provides a time capsule of dialects that are in the brink of dying out in the modern age. [Read More]
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