Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
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adj
Of or relating to the Proto-Japonic language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
The hypothetical ancestral language of both modern Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From proto- + Japonic; compare Proto-Indo-European, etc.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
