2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Descriptive Study of Minna-Ryukyuan, an Endangered Dialect of Southern-Ryukyuan Languages
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23720240
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Japanese linguistics
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| Research Institution | Okinawa International University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOJIMA Kayoko (下地 賀代子) 沖縄国際大学, 総合文化学部, 准教授 (40586517)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 琉球語 / 水納島方言 / 危機方言 / 多良間方言 |
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| Research Abstract |
Minna is a highly endangered language spoken in Minna island, which is located between Ishigaki and Miyako islands in Okinawa prefecture. Its endangered status is in more critical situation than most of the other Ryukyuan languages. There are few previous studies on Minna and nearly no studies on the grammatical aspects exist.
This study aimed to describe Minna's grammatical systems and to provide language texts. The results include a list of basic vocabularies, the case marking system, and the basic verb inflection system. In addition, a handful amount of spoken discourses are transcribed and made available as language texts.
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