Byron Fija (original) (raw)

Byron Fija (Okinawan: 比嘉 光龍, Fija Bairon; born 1 September 1969 in Naha) is an Okinawan linguist who practices Okinawan language and activist. He is a radio and TV personality well known in his homeland Okinawa as a knowledgeable scholar, teacher and skilled practitioner of the endangered Okinawan languages.