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Phonology

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Phenomenon Example Tokyo Kagoshima Hachijo Ryukyu
Mainland Eicho (SK) Tanegashima Kuroshima Nakanojima Takara Shodon Shuri
re → i *kore no yes no
ri → i *mori no yes no yes no yes
Ni → N *kagami no yes no yes
Nu → N *inu no yes no yes variable yes no yes
CV → CVː *ki no yes ? variable no variable yes
e → i no yes
o → u *tori no yes
kʷ → k *kwashi yes variable no variable no
Vː → V no yes variable no
su → ɕi *suna no yes
su → s, ɕi → ɕ *mushi no yes no

Vocabulary

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Meaning Tokyo Kagoshima Hachijo Ryukyu
Mainland Eicho (SK) Tanegashima Kuroshima Nakanojima Takara Shodon Shuri
this kore koi kʰurʲí/kʰúr kuri
that sore soi soi~hoi ʔurʲí/ʔúr ʔuri
that over there are ai ʔarʲí/ʔár ʔari
today kjoː kju ? kjoː kjuː (?) kjoː~kjɔː kʰju(ː) t͡ɕuː
yesterday kinoː kinu ? kinjoː kinoː ? kʲinʲu(ː) t͡ɕinuː
man otoko ? jiŋga wikiga
woman onna onago onaŋo onago onnago wunaːku/wunak winagu

Morphology

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Tokyo M. Kagoshima Tanegashima Okinawan
-masu -mos(u) -moːsu -abiin (<haberu)
-nasai -yai, -yanse ? ?
-kudasai -kuiyai, -kuiyanse ? -kwimisooree
-i -i/-ka ? -san
-teiru -choru, -toru ? -toon

References

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