由于美日帝国主义和殖民主义,琉球命名法很复杂。“琉球”是国家的名称,也是整个岛链的名称。琉球境内至少有160个岛屿,其中约60个岛屿目前有人居住。在琉球,我们通常将其细分为至少 4 个不同的主要的群岛:吐噶喇列群岛、 奄美群岛、冲绳群岛、宮古群岛、八重山群岛。(还有一些较小的群岛。)
琉球原住民居住在所有这些地区,并且是大多数人口。这些群岛中的每一个都有自己的语言,彼此无法理解。例如,奄美语使用者无法理解冲绳语使用者。奄美语、冲绳语(Uchinaguchi)、宮古语、八重山语: 这些都是琉球语。但是,历史上琉球政府的通用语是冲绳语,所以这在历史上被认为是“琉球语”。
"冲绳"不是琉球本土词。 相反,“冲绳岛”的本地名称是"Uchinaa"或"Uruma。" 但是,没有原生的方式来编写它。历史上,“Uchinaa”岛经常被简称为“琉球”。但这令人困惑,因为它并不是专门指“Uchinaa”岛。此外,有时也写成“中山” (琉球语的发音:Chuzan)。然而,“中山”实际上指的是岛中部的历史政府,
因为那是首都所在的地方。 所以有点像用“北京”来指代中国。"中山"不是该岛的实际名称,尽管它可以用来在诗意的意义上指代它。从技术上讲,“中山”仅指岛屿的中部,不包括南部或北部地区。所以因为现代汉语没有别的写法,所以在提到“Uchinaa”岛的时候就干脆写“冲绳岛”。
或者我们可以简单地把它写成罗马拼音“Uchinaa”。但是,当提到琉球这个国家,或者说琉球群岛,或者说整个琉球人时,应该写成“琉球”。

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