Proto-Japonic

English

Alternative forms

proto-Japonic

Etymology

proto- +‎ Japonic; compare Proto-Indo-European, etc.

Proper noun

Proto-Japonic

(linguistics) The hypothetical ancestral language of both modern Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages.

Translations

the hypothetical ancestral language of both modern Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages

French: proto-japonique m
Japanese: 日琉祖語 (Nichiryū-sogo) 日本祖語 (Nihonsogo)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} Protojapónico m

Adjective

Proto-Japonic (not comparable)

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (linguistics) Of or relating to the Proto-Japonic language.
*mentu is a Proto-Japonic word that means water.

Synonyms

Proto-Japanese
Proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan

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