Japanese and Korean History

Japanese

Korean

Korean and Japanese Language History

History

Origin

1185

Before 1st century

Language Family

Japonic Family

Koreanic Family

Subgroup

Not Available

Branch

Not Available

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese

Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean

Standard Forms

Japanese

Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard

Language Position

Signed Forms

Signed Japanese

Korean Sign Language

Scope

Individual

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Early forms of Japanese and Korean

The Early forms of Japanese and Korean explains the evolution of Japanese and Korean languages which is under Japanese and Korean history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Japanese and Korean history we will understand how the Japanese and Korean languages were evolved and modified according to time.

Early forms of Japanese: Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese.
Early forms of Korean: Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean.
Standard forms of Japanese: Japanese.
Standard forms of Korean: Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard.
Signed forms of Japanese: Signed Japanese
Signed forms of Korean: Signed Japanese

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Japanese and Korean Language Family

In Japanese and Korean history, you will get to know about Japanese and Korean language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Japanese is a part of Japonic Family while Korean is a part of Koreanic Family. The subgroup and branch of Japanese is Not Available and Not Available resp. The subgroup and branch of Korean is Not Available and Not Available resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Japanese and Korean language on Japanese vs Korean alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Japanese vs Korean Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Japanese vs Korean language rank. Japanese and Korean history gives you Japanese and Korean language rank. The Japanese language rank is 8. And Korean language rank is 12. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Japanese vs Korean.