PHONETIC FUSIONS IN THE LANGUAGE OF OKINAWA AND A COMPARISON WITH MAINLAND JAPANESE

• Authors: Ivan R.V. Rumánek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Ryukyus (generally called Ruuchuu in the local dialects) with the central island of Okinawa (Uchinaa) are inhabited by people whose tongue is a very curious idiom which some linguists regard as an extreme branch of southern Japanese dialects. It seems, however, more correct to specify it as a separate language and the only language relative to Japanese. A survey of its fusional features will serve to support this claim, as they are of a much more radical nature and interfere with the fundamental character of the language much more than is the case with mainland Japanese.

Keywords

EN

JAPANESE DIALECTS; OKINAWA SPEECH; PHONETIC FUSIONS

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 179 - 190
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Ivan R.V. Rumánek

• Institute of Oriental and African Studies SAS, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• I. R. V. Rumanek, Ustav orientalistiky SAV, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06SKAAAA00771906