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)