Front cover image for Koguryo, the language of Japan's continental relatives an introduction to the historical-comparative study of the Japanese-Koguryoic languages with a preliminary description of Archaic northeastern Middle Chinese

Koguryo, the language of Japan's continental relatives an introduction to the historical-comparative study of the Japanese-Koguryoic languages with a preliminary description of Archaic northeastern Middle Chinese

This book describes the Koguryo language, which was once spoken in Manchuria and Korea, including Koguryo and Japanese ethnolinguistic history, Koguryo's genetic relationship to Japanese, Koguryo phonology, and the Koguryo lexicon. It also analyzes the phonology of archaic Northeastern Chinese.
eBook, English, 2007
Brill, Leiden, 2007
1 online resource (xxi, 274 p.) : illustrations
9789047420286, 9789004160255, 9047420284, 9004160256
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