Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/a

Reconstruction
According to Thorpe (1983), the daughter languages show variation in the use of this pronoun. Almost all daughter languages lost this pronoun except for Miyako and Yonaguni, where the latter uses it as a singular. However, Kunigami uses it as a plural.

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) I

Derived terms

 * *aga (from *a + )
 * Northern Ryukyuan:
 * Northern Ryukyuan:
 * Minna:
 * *ara (from the short nominative with *-ra taken from the plural)
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Ōgami: (< )
 * *anu (from the long nominative)
 * Southern Ryukyuan:
 * Irabu:
 * Minna:
 * Ōgami:
 * Irabu:
 * Minna:
 * Ōgami:
 * Ōgami:

Descendants

 * Northern Ryukyuan:
 * Northern Ryukyuan:
 * Minna:
 * Minna:
 * Minna: