日琉祖語の分岐年代

The Finnish linguist G.J.Ramstedt is well known for his pioneering role in establishing the field of Altaic comparative linguistics, as well as serving in a diplomatic capacity as the first charged'affaires at the Finnish legation in Japan from 1919 to 1929. It was during this ten-year stay in Japan that he concentrated his efforts on attempting to discover the origin of the Japanese language

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言語年代学は間接的な証拠でしかないので考古学の知見や論理が優先されるのは当然では。最後のまとめの章の議論かなり雑だな。要注意著者リスト。あと意図的な台湾の過小評価も気になる。