Okinawan Japanese (ウチナーヤマトゥグチ（沖縄大和口）, Uchinaa Yamatu-guchi?) is the Japanese language as spoken by people of Okinawa Prefecture. Okinawan Japanese's accents and words are influenced by traditional Ryukyuan languages. Okinawan Japanese has some loanwords from American English due to the United States administration after the Battle of Okinawa.
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