A Linguistic History of the Forgotten Islands

A Reconstruction of the Proto-Language of the Southern Ryūkyūs

By: John R. Bentley

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Hardcover | 3 April 2008

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Sakishima comprises a group of islands situated between Okinawa and Taiwan, forming a culturally important bridge between Japan and Taiwan. Studies of the languages of the Ryukyuan islands are valuable for an accurate understanding of the linguistic history of Japan as a whole. This monograph is the first attempt - in any language - at a large-scale reconstruction of the three languages of the southern Ryukyus (Sakishima), viz., Miyako, Yaeyama andYonaguni. An introduction outlines a brief history of the area, with a concise linguistic history, followed by an explanation of the languages studied. Succeeding chapters are devoted to the reconstruction of each of the three proto-languages. The three proto-languages are then compared and proto-Sakishima is reconstructed. This monograph provides data illustrating the importance of the language of Sakishima in understanding the linguistic history of the larger language family of Japonic.

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List of Figures	p. vii
List of Maps	p. x
List of Abbreviations and Notations	p. xi
Preface	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Okinawa and Japan	p. 1
Geography and history	p. 4
Language history	p. 23
Importance of the present study	p. 27
Data for this study	p. 33
Proto-Miyako	p. 40
Introduction	p. 40
Proto-Miyako Consonants	p. 41
Proto-Miyako Vowels	p. 62
Observations on Verbal Morphology	p. 74
Proto-Miyako Accent	p. 85
Proto-Yaeyama	p. 91
Introduction	p. 91
Proto-Yaeyama Consonants	p. 92
Proto-Yaeyama Vowels	p. 122
Observations on Verbal Morphology and Syntax	p. 147
Proto-Yaeyama Accent	p. 154
Pre-Yonaguni	p. 159
Introduction	p. 159
Pre-Yonaguni Consonants	p. 161
Pre-Yonaguni Vowels	p. 182
Observations on Verbal Morphology	p. 188
Yonaguni Accent	p. 194
Proto-Sakishima	p. 197
Introduction	p. 197
Proto-Sakishima Consonants	p. 197
Proto-Sakishima Vowels	p. 214
Observations on Verbal Morphology	p. 222
Proto-Sakishima Accent	p. 231
Classification of Yonaguni	p. 237
Appendix	p. 243
References	p. 302
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A Linguistic History of the Forgotten Islands

A Reconstruction of the Proto-Language of the Southern Ryūkyūs

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