Difference between revisions of "Okinawan and Miyako/Contrastive Grammar"
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*There are three locatives in Okinawan and one in Miyako. | *There are three locatives in Okinawan and one in Miyako. | ||
*There are two allatives in Ikema and one in Okinawan. | *There are two allatives in Ikema and one in Okinawan. | ||
| − | *There is an accusative in Okinawan but not in Miyako. | + | *There is an accusative in Miyako but not in Okinawan. |
| + | *There is an associative in Okinawan but not in Miyako. | ||
*Medial verbs appear frequently in Okinawan (indicating simultaneous or sequential verbs), but do not seem to appear in Ikema Miyako (though they do in Irabu). | *Medial verbs appear frequently in Okinawan (indicating simultaneous or sequential verbs), but do not seem to appear in Ikema Miyako (though they do in Irabu). | ||
*It seems that pronouns (in particular, second person singular) are dropped more often in Miyako than in Okinawan. | *It seems that pronouns (in particular, second person singular) are dropped more often in Miyako than in Okinawan. | ||
Revision as of 21:19, 20 March 2017
Differences between Okinawan and Miyako
- There are three locatives in Okinawan and one in Miyako.
- There are two allatives in Ikema and one in Okinawan.
- There is an accusative in Miyako but not in Okinawan.
- There is an associative in Okinawan but not in Miyako.
- Medial verbs appear frequently in Okinawan (indicating simultaneous or sequential verbs), but do not seem to appear in Ikema Miyako (though they do in Irabu).
- It seems that pronouns (in particular, second person singular) are dropped more often in Miyako than in Okinawan.
