Your language is waiting for you.
Ichariba choodee — once we meet, we are family.
Uchinaaguchi, the language of Okinawa, is endangered — but it isn’t gone. The Uchinaguchi Project is a community-rooted home for learning it: an honest, speaker-checked dictionary today, and a real way to learn it together, tomorrow.
Explore the dictionaryBuilt honestly, with the community
We’re rebuilding from the ground up. Every word is sourced and attributed, and nothing is marked “correct” until a fluent speaker has checked it — 327 entries and growing, each awaiting community review. The language belongs to the Okinawan community; this project is its steward, not its owner.
Why it matters
UNESCO lists Uchinaaguchi as definitely endangered: most fluent speakers are now elderly. Inspired by the revival of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, we believe an accessible, respectful, diaspora-friendly on-ramp can help a new generation reconnect — with the language, and with each other.