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”).

Particle

*ni

  1. locative marker

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: に (ni)
    • Kunigami: に (ni)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: に (ni)
    • Okinawan: に (ni)
    • Okinoerabu: に (ni)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: に (ni)
    • Tokunoshima: に (ni)
    • Yoron: に (ni)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: ん (n)
    • Yaeyama: に (ni)
    • Yonaguni: に (ni)
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