Re: FWD [OT but interesting] Arctic people seek common alphabet
| From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, August 15, 2002, 16:20 |
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Elliott Lash scripsit:
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> faceloran@JUNO.COM writes:
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> > Then again, many related languages use the same writing systems, though
> > not always. Is Korean related to Chinese [language family]?
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> No, Korean is usually said to be a language isolate.
Although there is a strong minority position that it is part of Altaic,
along with the established Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungus families and
possibly Japanese as well.
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