Conservative and Innovative Features in the Phonology of Hateruma Dialect

The Hateruma dialect belongs to Yaeyama Ryukyuan and is spoken on the Hateruma island as well as in the Shiraho village of Ishigaki island. The aim of this paper is to describe and analyse the phonetic and phonological characteristics of the Hateruma dialect, in order to point out all the uncommo...

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Main Author: Pappalardo, Giuseppe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2016-06-01
Series:Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale
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Online Access:http://doi.org/10.14277/2385-3042/AnnOr-52-16-12