Buyeo languages

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The Buyeo (Puyŏ) languages are a hypothetical language family that would relate the languages of Buyeo, Goguryeo, Baekje and the Japonic languages, and possibly place them together as a family under the hypothetical Altaic family. In particular, Goguryeo and Baekje considered themselves to be descended from Buyeo, and both traditionally had close relations and kinship with Yamato period Japan until they ultimately fell to the kingdom of Silla.

The Buyeo language itself is unknown except for a small number of words which suggest that it was somewhat different from the language of Silla, which likely consisted of an earlier wave of migration from the same northern region, and significantly different from the Mohe and Tungusic languages.

The languages of Gojoseon, Buyeo, Goguryeo, Dongye, and Okjeo were similar. The Goguryeo names for government posts are mostly similar to those of Baekje and Silla, the other kingdoms of Korea's Three Kingdoms.