Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wa

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Japonic

Alternative forms

*wanu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wa/

Pronoun

*wa

I

Descendants

Old Japanese: 我 (wa, ware), 我 (wanu) (Eastern)
- Japanese: 我 (わ, wa, われ, ware)
Ryukyuan: *wanu
- Northern Ryukyuan: 완 (wan) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kikai: 我ん (わん, wan)
  - Kunigami: 我ん (わん, wan)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 我ん (わん, wan)
  - Okinawan: 我ん (わん, wan)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 我ん (わぬ, wanu)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 我ん (わん, wan)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 我ん (わん, wan)
  - Yoron: 我ん (わぬ, wanu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 我ん (ばん, ban)
  - Yaeyama: 我ぬ (ばぬ, banu)
  - Yonaguni: 我ぬ (ばぬ, banu) (1st person plural)

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