Northern Ryukyuan languages

Northern Ryukyuan
Amami–Okinawan
Geographic distribution	The Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, Okinawa Islands (Okinawa Prefecture, Japan)
Linguistic classification	Japonic Ryukyuan Northern Ryukyuan
Proto-language	Proto-Northern Ryukyuan
Subdivisions	Amami Kunigami Central Okinawan
Glottolog	nort3255

The Northern Ryukyuan languages are a group of languages spoken in the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture and the Okinawa Islands, Okinawa Prefecture of southwestern Japan. It is one of two primary branches of the Ryukyuan languages, which are then part of the Japonic languages. The subdivisions of Northern Ryukyuan are a matter of scholarly debate.