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The following list of resources is provided for ease of access only, and does not represent the full extent of works dealing with each topic.

If you would like to suggest the addition of other online published works dealing with the Japonic languages and dialects, please feel free to send an e-mail to info@jlect.com

Table of contents

Japanese-Ryukyuan

Japanese

Old Japanese

From 710 to 794

Early Middle Japanese

From 794 to 1185

Late Middle Japanese

From 1185 to 1650

Early Modern Japanese

From 1650 to 1850 (but here including works up to 1900)

General Dialects

Hokkaido and Tohoku Dialects

Aichi Dialect

Kanto Dialects

Ibaraki Dialect

Chubu Dialects

Kansai Dialects

Chugoku Dialects

Hiroshima Dialect

Shikoku Dialects

Kyushu Dialects

Fukuoka Dialect
Kagoshima Dialects
Kumamoto Dialect
Nagasaki Dialect
Miyazaki Dialect
Oita Dialect

Uchinaa-Yamatoguchi Dialect

Hachijo-Daito

Ryukyuan

Old Okinawan

Amami

Tokunoshima

Okinoerabu

Yoron

Northern Okinawan (Kunigami)

Okinawan

Miyako

Tarama-Minna

Yaeyama

Yonaguni


Ainu

Although not part of the Japonic language family, studies on the Ainuic languages, of which only Hokkaido Ainu remains, are important to the understanding and reconstruction of proto-Japonic due to extended historical contact between the two language families.

Note regarding links that point to the CiNii website: CiNii no longer hosts or provides direct links to the relevant articles. You may have to browse through the journal it lists or search on Google for the article.

General note: Some articles linked may require library or institutional access in order to view them or in order to lift the cost associated with accessing the article. This is generally the case for published works hosted on Brill or JSTOR.