A Linguistic History of the Forgotten Islands : A Reconstruction of the Proto-language of the Southern Ryukyus


John R. Bentley
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt
Folkestone : : BRILL, , 2008.
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1 online resource (328 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; Abbreviations and Notations; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Proto-Miyako; 3 Proto-Yaeyama; 4 Pre-Yonaguni; 5 Proto-Sakishima; Appendix: List of Proto-Sakishima Data. - 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.
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1905246579. - 9781905246571

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