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Proto-Japonic

Proto-Japonic proper noun: the hypothetical ancestral language of both modern Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages.

Proper noun

Proto-Japonic

  1. The hypothetical ancestral language of both modern Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages.

Adjective

Proto-Japonic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Proto-Japonic language.
    • *mentu is a Proto-Japonic word that means water.
    Synonyms:
    Proto-Japanese, Proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan

Proto-Japonic meaning in Hindi

Proto-Japonic in Hindi

the hypothetical ancestral language of both modern Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages
आदिम-जापानी ādim-jāpānī

Synonyms of Proto-Japonic

  • Proto-Japanese
  • Proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan

Forms of Proto-Japonic

alternative formproto-Japonic

Origin of Proto-Japonic

From proto- + Japonic; compare Proto-Indo-European, etc.

Questions about Proto-Japonic

What does Proto-Japonic mean?
Proto-Japonic means the hypothetical ancestral language of both modern Japanese and the Ryukyuan languages.
What is Proto-Japonic in Hindi?
Proto-Japonic in Hindi is आदिम-जापानी (ādim-jāpānī). See Proto-Japonic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Proto-Japonic?
Proto-Japonic can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Proto-Japonic in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Iranians
  2. proto-iron
  3. Proto-Isaiah
  4. Proto-Italic
  5. Proto-Italo-Celtic
  6. Proto-Japonic
  7. proto-Jupiter
  8. Proto-Kartvelian
  9. Proto-Khmuic
  10. Proto-Koreanic
  11. proto-language

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