The Digital Museum ‘Language and Culture – The Ryukyu Archipelago’ was created through the joint research of the Department of Linguistics at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters and the Kyoto University Contents Production Team. Its creation was made possible by financial aid from the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL) and the Kyoto University Global COE Program ‘Global Center of Excellence for Reconstruction of the Intimate and Public Spheres in 21st Century Asia’ (Program Leader: Emiko OCHIAI).

All digital content on this website, including video, images, and text, is subject to copyright, and protected by copyright laws and international treaties.

Except in cases recognized by law, it is not permitted to copy, borrow from, alter, redistribute, or offer for sale, in whole or in part, the content on this website without the consent of Kyoto University and the image right holders.

The property rights, usage rights, and licensing rights of all digital content, including video, images, and text, belong to the image right holders and Kyoto University.

For requests for permission to use any of the digital content, including video, images, and text, please refer to the contact information below.

Please contact us by e-mail.
E-mail： info*kikigengo.jp
(Please replace the * with @.)

Yukinori TAKUBO (Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters; NINJAL)
Tamaki MOTOKI (Contents Production Team, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University)

Yuka HAYASHI (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow; Osaka University)
Yukinori TAKUBO (Kyoto University Graduate School of Letters)
Meari HIRAI (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow; Kokugakuin University)
Tsuyoshi ONO (University of Alberta)
Shoichi IWASAKI (University of Hawai‘i)

Yukinori TAKUBO (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University)

Hiroyuki NAKAMA (Former principal of Miyako High School)
Tadashi NAKAMA (Head of ‘Nishihara Midori-Kai’)
Kazuko AKAMINE (Former head of Nishihara Community Center)
Mitsuyoshi NAGASAKI (Head of Nishihara Area)
Keicho NAGASAKI (Former head of ‘Midori-Kai’)
Chieko HANASHIRO (Principal of Hiyodori Nursery School)

Story and dialect translation: Chieko HANASHIRO (Principal of Hiyodori Nursery School)
Dialect supervision: Hiroyuki NAKAMA
Pictures: Naomi NAGATA (Kyoto University), Mikiko TAKAHASHI
English translations: Yukinori TAKUBO (Kyoto University), Chigusa KURUMADA (University of Rochester), Rudy TOET (Kyoto University), Natsuko NAKAGAWA (Kyoto University), Izumi OCHIAI (Kyoto University)
English supervision: Adam CATT (Kyoto University)

English translations: Yukinori TAKUBO (Kyoto University), Rudy TOET (Kyoto University), Natsuko NAKAGAWA (Kyoto University), Izumi OCHIAI (Kyoto University)
English supervision: Adam CATT (Kyoto University)