Koreanic languages
| Koreanic | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: | Korea, Northeast China |
| Linguistic classification: | One of the world's primary language families |
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| Glottolog: | kore1284[1] |
The Koreanic languages is a language family consisting of the modern Korean language together with extinct ancient relatives closer to it than to any proposed links with Mongolic, Turkic, Tungusic, or Japanese. Among extant languages, Korean is considered by some linguists to be a language isolate, and by others as part of the controversial Altaic family. The Jeju language of Jeju Island, considered by some as a dialect of modern Korean, is distinct enough to be considered a language in its own right by other authorities. Some consider that rather than being a language isolate, Korean forms a small language family together with Jeju.
Ancient Koreanic languages
Several ancient languages of the Korean peninsula—Silla, Buyeo, Goguryeo, Dongye, Okjeo, Baekje,Gojoseon and Ye-Maek—may have been ancestral to, related to, or part of Old Korean. Two branches are sometimes posited, Buyeo and Han.[2]
- Buyeo (Fuyu, Koguryoic) [extinct]: Buyeo, Goguryeo, Buyeo-Baekje
- Han: Silla → Korean, Jeju
Modern Koreanic languages
Modern Korean is traditionally considered a single language. However, Jeju (Cheju) is sometimes classified as a distinct language, for example in the UNESCO atlas on endangered languages. If that is accepted, there are two modern Koreanic languages, Jeju and Korean proper.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Koreanic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Young Kyun Oh, 2005. Old Chinese and Old Sino-Korean
- ↑ Janhunen, Juha, 1996. Manchuria: an ethnic history
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