Koguryo and Altaic - On the role of Koguryo and other Old Korean idioms in the Altaic etymology
Koguryo and Altaic. On the role of Koguryo and other Old Korean idioms in the Altaic etymology.

Summary/Abstract: In the contribution all seriously interpreted lexemes of the language of one of Old Korean kingdoms, Koguryo, are presented. Although the main source of these interpretations is a very careful philologist Ch. I. Beckwith known for his negative position concerning the genetic model of the Altaic theory, the collected comparative material supports the Altaic affiliation of both Old Koguryo and Japanese. On the other hand, Beckwith is undoubtedly right, if he finds in Koguryo the closest relative of Ryukyu-Japanese.

• Details
• Contents