A Ryukyu peculiar character and the character in the character in the world which is not read
San-ninu Dai1San-ninu Dai2San-ninu Dai3
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San-ninu Dai space
San-ninu Dai in Yonaguni Island. The part like a character is etched in the cliff around it. James Hotack, an American linguist, looked at the dug part, then he indicated that it may be the gPhoenician Character,According to Mr. Hotack, they, the Phoenicians, had the custom to mince a character in the high place of the cliff facing the sea. We should discuss whether this dug part is natural or it is artificial now. However, this dug part pokes at our imagination that the Phoenicians in the old marine people visited the home waters of Yonaguni away from them from the Indian Ocean in old days.
James Hotack(Orientalism and Linguistics)
Phoenician Character Phoenician

James Hotack
(Orientalism
and Linguistics)

Phoenician
Character
Phoenician
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