What is Miyako Islands?
[[File:Ryukyu map.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Location of Miyako Islands]] [[File:Miyakoshichou in Okinawa Map'.gif|thumb|250px|Miyako Islands' location in Okinawa Prefecture]] [[File:Miyako map.jpg|thumb|The Miyako Islands]] The {{nihongo|'''Miyako Islands'''|宮古列島|Miyako Rettō}} are a group of islands that are in [[Okinawa Prefecture]], [[Japan]], east of the [[Yaeyama Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.miyakojima-project.net/miyakoisland.html |title=MIYAKO ISLAND (Miyakojima) AT A GLANCE |access-date=2015-01-06 |archive-date=2015-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214033037/http://miyakojima-project.net/miyakoisland.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> They are between the [[Ryukyu Islands]] and [[Taiwan]]. Miyako Island has 55,914 people. A bridge connects Miyako Island to Ikema Island.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.okinawa-information.com/content/ikemabridge-miyako-island |title=Ikema-bridge, Miyako Island, Okinawa |access-date=2015-01-06 |archive-date=2015-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315045935/http://okinawa-information.com/content/ikemabridge-miyako-island |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ikema Island has 801 people. Tarama village has 1,214 people. It is between the islands of [[Minna]] and [[Tarama]]. The native people of the Miyako Islands are the [[Miyako people]], who are a subgroup of a larger [[Ryukyuan ethnicity]]. The languages spoken on the islands include the native [[Miyako language]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. Because Japan suppressed the Miyako language in the past, the younger generation mostly speaks Japanese instead. ==Inhabited islands== *Miyako Islands ([[Miyako Subprefecture]]) **[[Image:Flag of Miyakojima, Okinawa.svg|border|22px]] [[Miyakojima, Okinawa|Miyakojima City]] ***[[Ikemajima|Ikema Island]] (''Ikema-jima'') ***[[Irabujima|Irabu Island]] (''Irabu-jima'') ***[[Kurimajima|Kurima Island]] (''Kurima-jima'') ***[[Miyako-jima|Miyako Island]] (''Miyako-jima'') ***[[Ōgamijima|Ōgami Island]] (''Ōgami-jima'') ***[[Shimojishima|Shimoji Islan