Langenesis

Japonic family

Proto-Japonic

c. 500 BCE – 0 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Japonic (c. 500 BCE – 0 CE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Japonic language family, with 5 descendant languages and stages on the map.

See Proto-Japonic on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the Japonic family (Japanese + Ryukyuan). Likely introduced to the Japanese archipelago during the Yayoi migration (~1000–300 BCE) from the Korean peninsula.

Descendants 2

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