Well, to be honest that stuff you quoted above strikes me as thoroughly clouded by nationalistic bias. I think Japan's heritage is glorious enough as it is-It doesn't require embellishment of this...
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Well, to be honest that stuff you quoted above strikes me as thoroughly clouded by nationalistic bias. I think Japan's heritage is glorious enough as it is-It doesn't require embellishment of this...
Wikipedia (whose value as a source is admittedly somewhat questionable) lists the Koguryo hypothesis as the most widely accepted theory of relationship:
(search wikipedia for "classification of...
Supposing a relationship between a Koguryoan language and Japanese, there would likely be an interaction with a strong pacific island/austronesian substratum as well.
Granted, that review isn't glowing. But even with its critical tone, note this excerpt from the portion you quoted:
"although it is quite clear that some of the Koguryo place names indeed...
Indeed, these are contested points. Nonetheless, a strong case for relationship with Koguryoan has been made here.
A book which investigates the relationship between the Japanese and Koguryoic Languages:
Koguryo: The Language of Japan's Continental Relatives: An Introduction to the Historical-Comparative Study...
Hello,
Linguistically I read that Japanese is primarily Altaic, but with a significant Austronesian substructure. Perhaps this supports the theory that there were different factors-One from...