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Japanese is definitely one of the best-known languages in typological literature. For example, typologists often assume that Japanese is a nominative-accusative language. However, it is often overlooked that Japanese, or more precisely, Tokyo Japanese, is just one of various local varieties of the Japonic language family (Japanese and Ryukyuan). In fact, the Japonic languages exhibit a surprising typological diversity. For example, some varieties display a split-intransitive as opposed to nominative-accusative system. The present volume is thus a unique attempt to explore the typological diversity of Japonic by providing a collection of grammatical sketches of various local varieties, four from Japanese dialects and five from Ryukyuan. Each grammatical sketch follows the same descriptive format, addressing a wide range of typological topics.

Japanese language --- Ryukyuan language --- Dialects --- Grammar.  --- Okinawan language --- Ryukyu language --- Koguryo language --- Grammar.

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Ryukyuan language --- Ryukyuan language --- Ryukyuan language --- Ryukyuan language --- Japanese language --- Japanese language --- Koguryo language --- Okinawan language --- Ryukyu language --- Japanese language --- Morphophonemics. --- Intonation. --- Phonology. --- Dialects. --- Morphophonemics. --- Dialects --- History.

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Proto-Japanese is the reconstructed language stage from which all later varieties of Japanese, including Ryukyuan, descend. It has been studied both as an end in itself (as the genetic code of the Japanese language) and as part of endeavors to clarify the genetic affiliation of Japanese. Based on the state of the field, especially as represented in Samuel E. Martin's seminal work The Japanese Language Through Time (1987), this volume singles out key areas in the reconstruction of proto-Japanese where salient progress has been or promises to be made since Martin. Contributions were invited from scholars working on the following areas: segmental phonology, use of dialect evidence, accent, morphology, and syntax. While the book first of all presents new research which advances our understanding of proto-Japanese, it also gives an overview over the state of the art in the field and its main issues.

Japanese language --- Ryukyuan language --- Koguryo language --- Okinawan language --- Ryukyu language --- Morphophonemics. --- Variation. --- Phonetics. --- Japonais (Langue) --- Ryū-kyū (Langue) --- Morphophonologie --- Variation --- Phonétique

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The UNESCO atlas on endangered languages recognizes the Ryukyuan languages as constituting languages in their own right. This represents a dramatic shift in the ontology of Japan's linguistic make-up. Ryukyuan linguistics needs to be established as an independent field of study with its own research agenda and objects. This handbook delineates that the UNESCO classification is now well established and adequate. Linguists working on the Ryukyuan languages are well advised to refute the ontological status of the Ryukyuan languages as dialects. The Ryukyuan languages constitute a branch of the Japonic language family, which consists of five unroofed Abstand (language by distance) languages.The Handbook of Ryukyuan Languages provides for the most appropriate and up-to-date answers pertaining to Ryukyuan language structures and use, and the ways in which these languages relate to Ryukyuan society and history. It comprises 33 chapters, written by the leading experts of Ryukyuan languages. Each chapter delineates the boundaries and the research history of the field it addresses, comprises the most important and representative information.

Ryukyuan language --- Japanese language --- Languages & Literatures --- East Asian Languages & Literatures --- Koguryo language --- Okinawan language --- Ryukyu language --- Grammar --- Dialects --- Grammar, Comparative --- Japanese --- Terms and phrases --- History --- Grammar. --- Dialects. --- Japanese. --- History. --- J5092 --- J5027 --- Japan: Language -- minority languages in Japan -- Ryukyuan --- Japan: Language -- dialects and variation -- Kyūshū and Okinawa regions --- Grammar Writing. --- Historical Linguistics. --- Language Endangerment. --- Language Revival and Revitalization. --- Ryukyuan Languages.