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Contents 1 "She"? 2 Response to "She"? 3 Origins of the Ryukyuans 4 Independence movement 5 Ryukyuan Appearance 6 "Corrected" Origins? 7 Article renamed

[edit] "She"?

The first sentence of the second paragraph states, "The Ryukyuan islands were unified by the Ryukyuan Kingdom in the 12th century. She paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty…" Who is this 'she' being referred to? I'd find out, but I'm lazy. >_> <_< DTM 04:11, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Response to "She"?

I think that "she refers to the Ryukyu kingdom. It commonly is used to refer to countries, ships etc. Leon Trotsky 10:05 25 November 2005

[edit] Origins of the Ryukyuans

Where did the Ryukyuans come from before they came to Japan? Leon Trotsky 10:06 25 November 2005

Probably Taiwan

[edit] Independence movement

I removed the reference to an "independence movement" due to lack of evidence for its existence. If someone can produce a citation, it would be appreciated! Turly-burly 00:58, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Anonymous user re-added the "Independence Movement" section but added no content. I am removing it b/c an empty section is clutter. Turly-burly 17:26, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure what people think justifies a gesture in this article to the existence of a "Ryukyuan independence movement". If such a movement exists, why not create an article about it, and THEN link to it in this article's "See Also"? I know *I* would be interested to read such an article. Turly-burly 10:06, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ryukyuan Appearance

Do Ryukyuans appear different than Japanese people?

They do have a distinct appearance, but I don't know of any skeletal structure or facial features studies of the kind that would make this information worthy of inclusion in the article. They also believe they're hairier than mainland people; I don't know how this stands up against evidence, either. Turly-burly 23:38, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Corrected" Origins?

Any citations available to justify removing the information about coming from China later than Austronesians? There are some other things that were added to this section that I'm not sure about as well. I'll check it out this weekend. Turly-burly 23:41, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Article renamed

I've renamed this article from Ryukyuans to Ryūkyūans in accordance with the guidelines in the Manual of Style for Japanese articles. Bobo12345 12:02, 13 October 2006 (UTC)