A linguistic history of the forgotten islands : a reconstruction of the proto-language of the Southern Ryūkyūs / / John R. Bentley.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Folkestone : : Global Oriental,, 2008. |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Languages of Asia
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / J. R. Bentley
- 1. Introduction / J. R. Bentley
- 2. Proto-Miyako / J. R. Bentley
- 3. Proto-Yaeyama / J. R. Bentley
- 4. Pre-Yonaguni / J. R. Bentley
- 5. Proto-Sakishima / J. R. Bentley
- Appendix: List Of Proto-Sakishima Data / J. R. Bentley
- References / J. R. Bentley.