Editing Prefix (section)

==Japanese language==
Commonly used prefixes in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] include {{nihongo|お〜|o-}} and {{nihongo|ご〜|go-}}. They are used as part of the [[Honorific speech in Japanese#Prefix usage|honorific system of speech]], and are used as markers for politeness, showing respect for the person or thing they are affixed to, notably also being used [[euphemistically]].<ref>{{cite thesis |type=PhD |last=Miyake |first=Yoshimi |year=1999  |lang=en-US |publisher=[[University of Michigan]] |title= The Japanese deferential prefix o: A natural history. |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/b1ecece3e4ab863cbfdf275635c1523f/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y  |access-date=2021-05-12 |hdl=2027.42/131729}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |isbn=9780415687393|title=Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar |last1=Kaiser |first1=Stefan |last2=Ichikawa |first2=Yasuko |last3=Kobayashi |first3=Noriko |last4=Yamamoto |first4=Hilofumi |year=2013 |pages=29–31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tagFHssticMC&pg=PA29}}</ref>