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
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Adjective
Proto-Japonic (not comparable)
- (linguistics) Of or relating to the Proto-Japonic language.
- *mentu is a Proto-Japonic word that means water
Synonyms
- Proto-Japanese
- Proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan