Insular Japonic languages

Insular Japonic
Japonic-Ryukyu, Japonic proper
Geographic
distribution
Japan, Taiwan (Yilan) and formerly South Korea (Jeju Island)
Linguistic classificationJaponic
  • Insular Japonic
Subdivisions
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
Map of the modern Japonic languages, including Insular Japonic languages.

The Insular Japonic languages or Japonic-Ryukyu languages are a subdivision of the Japonic languages, as opposed to the hypothetical Peninsular Japonic languages formerly spoken in central and southern Korea. This grouping, originally proposed by Vovin, has been taken up several times subsequently.