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The only languages that Japanese is related to are the languages spoken in Ryukyu islands lying South–Southwest of Japan, but the linguistic affiliation of the Ryukyuan languages is not known either.

"Okinawa Prefecture reverted to Japanese rule in 1972, but I have always regarded myself as 'Ryukyuan.'" The southernmost prefecture was the independent Ryukyu Kingdom up until the 1870s.

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"Japan also has a history of suppression of the Ryukyuan people in Okinawa and the Ainu people in northern Japan," he said.

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