Proto‑Ryukyuan

E600639

Proto-Ryukyuan is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the modern Ryukyuan languages, including Okinawan, are believed to have descended.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Proto‑Ryukyuan canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf proto-language
reconstructed language
ancestorOf Amami language
Miyako language
Okinawan language NERFINISHED
Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED
Yaeyama language NERFINISHED
Yonaguni language NERFINISHED
attestation unattested
classificationStatus generally accepted within Japonic family
comparedWith Old Japanese NERFINISHED
distinctFrom Old Japanese NERFINISHED
Proto-Japanese NERFINISHED
evidenceType comparative reconstruction with Japonic
internal reconstruction
hasDescendant Northern Ryukyuan languages
Southern Ryukyuan languages NERFINISHED
hasFeature SOV basic word order (reconstructed)
agglutinative morphology (reconstructed)
consonant lenition in some environments (reconstructed)
pitch accent system (reconstructed)
postpositions (reconstructed)
rich verbal morphology (reconstructed)
vowel length distinctions (reconstructed)
hasLexicon reconstructed basic vocabulary list
hasPhonologicalSystem reconstructed consonant inventory
reconstructed vowel inventory
hasWritingSystem none (unattested; reconstructed)
inferredFrom morphological parallels in Ryukyuan languages
regular sound correspondences among Ryukyuan languages
shared basic vocabulary in Ryukyuan languages
languageFamily Japonic
reconstructedBy comparative method
reconstructedFrom Amami language NERFINISHED
Miyako language
Okinawan language NERFINISHED
Yaeyama language NERFINISHED
Yonaguni language NERFINISHED
reconstructionStatus partial and hypothetical
region Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED
relatedTo Proto-Japonic NERFINISHED
spokenIn Ryukyu Islands (prehistory)
status extinct (reconstructed)
studiedIn Ryukyuan linguistics
historical linguistics
subfamilyOf Japonic languages
timeDepth pre-Old Ryukyuan period

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Okinawan language hasAncestor Proto‑Ryukyuan