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・Yonaguni kanji (Dunan kanji)

1) Similar to both Japanese and Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan), it is possible to write Yonaguni using mixture of kanji and kana.

2) Currently there is no standardized Yonaguni orthography, and the modern Yonaguni writing system typically uses only Japanese Kana.

3) The book 與那國島圖誌 published in 1926 provides the earliest written account of Yonaguni Kanji.

• There are three types of Kanji reading existing in Yonaguni:

1) 音読み (on’yomi) - Sino-Japanese words pronounced using Yonaguni phonology. These words are associated with Chinese sounds and meanings.

道理（どぅり）, related to 道理 （dàolǐ）in Chinese.

異国 （いくく）, related to 異國 （yìguó）in Chinese.

2) 訓読み (kun’yomi) - The native reading of Yonaguni vocabulary with borrowed Kanji from Modern Japanese that represent their meanings. These are not cognates with any modern Japanese words.

一緒（まどぅん）

3) 琉訓 (ryu’kun) - Words that are cognates with Japanese. These words are also a type of kun’yomi because they are pronounced using Yonaguni phonology while they use borrowed Han characters to represent their meanings.

生ち虫（いちむし）, related to いき and  むし in Japanese.

町屋（みしや）, related to まちや in Japanese

大和（だまとぅ）, related to やまと in Japanese.

*It must be noted that since Yonaguni has no standardized writing system, sometimes a word may be written in more than one way. For example, 生ち虫 can be written as 動物 while they are both pronounced as いちむし. The latter one is, obviously, kun’yomi reading.

・Example

腹病どぅきりゃ医者ぬ家んき行てぃてぃ来たよ。

2) According to 与那国ことば辞典, 四日日（どぅがてぃ）is the same as 四日（どぅーが）, meaning two days after tomorrow.

3) Similar to 七日, 四日なてぃ（どぅがなてぃ）is sometimes written in a Japanese manner, 一昨昨日.

4) 一昨日 can be written as 昨日一昨日（んぬぶとぅてぃ）.

5) According to どぅなんむぬい辞典, 明後日（あさてぃ）is the same as 四日ぬ日（どぅがぬてぃ）. All sources I have point out that 明後日 is a much more common word choice.

6) 日ぬ数（っちぬかーでぃ）, meaning every day, can be used interchangeably with 日々（っちーどぅ/てぃーどぅ）and 毎日（まいにち）.

7) Another common adverb that is not included in the infographic is 明日明後日（あたさてぃ）, meaning in the near future (lit. tomorrow or the day after tomorrow). As you may have noticed, this word is the contracted form of 明日（あった）and 明後日（あさてぃ）.

(舊字體: 今日や大和曆ぬ１２月３１日、年ぬ夜どぅない居る。新年迎い、良い正月。でぃんやまー少びたてぃや善さぐなるんさ。)

🌹Today is December 31st, the last day of the year.

Happy New Year.

Let’s hope that next year would be a little bit better.

🌸今天是新曆12月31日，大晦日 (除夕)。

新年快樂。