Descriptive Grammar and Diachrony of Kurima: A Minority South Ryukyuan Language of the Miyako Islands - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Aleksandra JaroszSeries:Languages of Asia #29Publish date:2024-07-04Pages:756
Language:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004680531ISBN-10:9004680535UPC:9789004680531Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Foreign Language StudyBook Subcategory:Linguistics, JapaneseBook Topic:EtymologySize:9.70 x 6.50 x 1.80 inchesWeight:2.6522Product ID:SC9VS2WFRY
Descriptive Grammar and Diachrony of Kurima: A Minority South Ryukyuan Language of the Miyako Islands
Spoken on Kurima, a miniscule island in the Miyakojima municipality in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, Kurima-Miyako is a South Ryukyuan topolect, a regional variant of the Miyako language. With most fluent speakers aged 80 or older and the island's depopulation progressing, the topolect of Kurima faces imminent extinction, a reflection of a common pattern in the Ryukyus, whereupon the vernaculars of...
Series: Languages of Asia #29
Language:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004680531ISBN-10:9004680535UPC:9789004680531Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Foreign Language StudyBook Subcategory:Linguistics, JapaneseBook Topic:EtymologySize:9.70 x 6.50 x 1.80 inchesWeight:2.6522Product ID:SC9VS2WFRY
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