Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ni

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 *ni (“locative marker”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ni/

Particle

*ni

locative marker

Descendants

Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: に (ni)
- Kunigami: に (ni)
- Northern Amami-Oshima: に (ni)
- Okinawan: に (ni)
- Oki-No-Erabu: に (ni)
- Southern Amami-Oshima: に (ni)
- Toku-No-Shima: に (ni)
- Yoron: に (ni)
Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: ん (n)
- Yaeyama: に (ni)
- Yonaguni: に (ni)