沖英辞典
A Short Lexicon of the Okinawan Language with English Definitions and Japanese Cognates
Description:... The Okinawan language as recorded in the Wordbook is that of the inhabitants of the southern third of the main island of the Ryukyuan archipelago, which stretches southwest from the Japanese island of Kyushu toward Taiwan. It melds the gentry language of the old capital, Shuri, with the popular language of commercial Naha and the various localisms of other villages of southern Okinawa. It is also the heritage language of substantial communities descended from emigrants to Hawaii, South America, and elsewhere in the past century. The current work comprises nearly 10,000 entries, many with encyclopedic discussion, drawn from a wide variety of sources in addition to the author's native knowledge and from numerous areas of interest, with emphasis on the cultural traditions of Okinawa. Entries reflect both contemporary Naha usage and archaisms and areal variants when these are of cultural, historical, or linguistic interest. Thus, in addition to being a comprehensive portrait of the modern Okinawan language, the Wordbook serves as an implicit introduction to the rich field of Japanese dialect studies.
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