1. The Linguistic archeology of the Ryukyu Islands

2015/02/12 by Thomas Pellard · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Linguistic Variation and Morphology #Prehistory #Linguistics #Anthropology #Linguistic anthropology #Anthropological linguistics #Prehistoric archaeology #History #Archaeology #Sociology #Applied linguistics #Philosophy #Clinical linguistics

paper · doi:10.1515/9781614511151.13

openalex publication_date 2015/02/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

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• Japonic languages [wikipedia]
• Ryukyuan languages [wikipedia]