Proto‑Ryukyuan
E600639
Proto-Ryukyuan is the reconstructed ancestral language from which the modern Ryukyuan languages, including Okinawan, are believed to have descended.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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