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kireikoori 07-28-2007 10:33 PM

Hope it's ok to respond to a topic that was back on page 5.
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Originally Posted by crrichey (Post 179649)
It was my understanding that the Japanese were a mix of Korean and the natives (who were almost white).

Korean is also likely to be an Altaic language. Though there are heavier Sino-influences on Korean. The Sino-influences on Korean are foreign. Neither Japanese nor Korean are related to Chinese.

The language classification of Japanese is disputed. Same with Korean. They used to be just considered language isolates. But if they aren't language isolates then they are most likely Altaic languages.

pureturk 08-10-2007 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kireikoori (Post 191184)
Hope it's ok to respond to a topic that was back on page 5.

Korean is also likely to be an Altaic language. Though there are heavier Sino-influences on Korean. The Sino-influences on Korean are foreign. Neither Japanese nor Korean are related to Japanese.

The language classification of Japanese is disputed. Same with Korean. They used to be just considered language isolates. But if they aren't language isolates then they are most likely Altaic languages.

very well said kireikoori.
I agree with everything you said


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