Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kotoba

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kətənpa (“language, speech, term, word”).

Noun

*kotoba

language, speech, term, word

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 言葉 (futūba)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: 言葉 (xutuba)
- Okinawan: 言葉 (kutuba)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: 言葉 (kutuba)
- Yoron: 言葉 (futuba)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 言葉 (kutuba)
- Yaeyama: 言葉 (kutuba)
- Yonaguni: 言葉 (kutuba)

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