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Originally Posted by Xellos-_^
isn't that because Japanese government has done abetter job at eliminating the Ryuku culture and language?
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Sort of. It is true that Japanese put considerable effort to eliminate the language after the annexation. But during the occupation by US most Ryukyuan decided to stick with Japanese. From what I understand, US tried to turn Ryuku as its own independent nation rather than turning it towards the Japanese. So the US tried to promote Ryukuan identity to the people. But most Ryukyuan's perception of American was negative, with military bases and all. So most of them decided to resist the American effort and turned towards Japanese.
So basically the argument is that the US occupation made the Ryukyuan choose the Japanese on their own.