Re: Japanese from Tungus

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:35:41 -0800, B. Garcia <madyaas@...> wrote:

>Ahhh.... Hangul refers to the alphabet:
Even better -- I was wrong! :)

>In South Korea, Korea is called "Hanguk" (In Hangul: 한국). There and
>outside of Korea, the language is most often called "Hangukmal" (한국말),
>or more formally, "Hangugeo" (한국어). The language is also sometimes
>referred to colloquially as "Urimal" (우리말; "our language"). The
>standard language taught in schools is often referred to as "Gugeo"
>(êµ­ì–´; "national language").
Are 'Hanguk' and 'Hangul' caseforms of some word 'Hangu'?  The '-gu'
element and 'Gu-' are probably the same, from Mandarin 'guo' "nation".

- Rob

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