Etymological Dictionary of
the Japonic Languages
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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 788812- EDJ)
Our Team of Researchers and Management Staff
Alexander Vovin
Principal Investigator
Directeur d'etudes, linguistique historique du Japon et du l'Asie du Nord-Est, CRLAO, EHESS
Toshiki Osada
Scientific Core Team Member
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
John Kupchik
Scientific Core Researcher
The University of Auckland
Aleksandra Jarosz
Scientific Core Team Member
Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
Consulting Team
Japan and the languages of Japan have been, from the time immemorial, on the cross-roads of migrations and trades of the maritime and central east Asia; therefore, the etymological composition of the Japonic languages is extremely complex. It includes the loan-words and grammatical elements from various languages in these areas, which are introduced below along with the leading specialists on the history of these languages.
Japonic Languages
Alexander VOVIN
EHESS, France
NINJAL, Japan
John WHITMAN
Cornell University, U.S.A.
Oxford University, U.K.
NINJAL, Japan
Nicolaus Copernicus, Poland
University of Helsinki
Turkic Languages
Alexander VOVIN
EHESS, France
Istanbul University, Turkey
Freie Universität, Germany
Ukranian Academy of Sciences
Yakutsk University, Russia
Mongolic Languages
Alexander VOVIN
EHESS, France
Dalai ZAYABAATAR
National University of Mongolia
Yingzhe WU
Huhhot University, China
Osaka University, Japan
Institute for Linguistic Studies, St Petersburg, Russia
University of Helsinki
Tungusic Languages
Alexander VOVIN
EHESS, France
Elena PEREKHVALSKAYA
EHESS, France
Wa GAO
Hunhot University, China
José Andrés ALONSO DE LA FUENTE
Jagiellonian University, Poland
University of Helsinki
Kra-Dai Languages
Koreanic Languages
Alexander VOVIN
EHESS, France
John WHITMAN
Cornell University, U.S.A.
Ainu Language
Chinese Language
Guillaume JACQUES
CNRS, France
Austronesian Languages
Robert BLUST
University of Hawaii, U.S.A.
Non-Linguistic Consultants
Field of Specialty
Japanese Premodern Literature
Japanese Premodern History
Japanese Premodern Literature
Japanese Religion and Philosophy
Japanese Archeology
Japanese Religion
Affiliation
Independent, Japan
University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Moscow State University, Russia
University of Hawai'i, U.S.A.
Archeological Research Center of Nagano, Japan
University of Vienna
Student Assistants
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Hsiang-Tai KAO Ph. D Candidate in historical linguistics at EHESS
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Younès MGHARI Ph. D Candidate in historical linguistics at EHESS
Collaborating Research Institutes
NINJAL (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics)
The University of Auckland
National University of Mongolia