Koguryo: The Language of Japan's Continental Relatives

By Christopher I. Beckwith

This book describes the Koguryo language, which was once spoken in Manchuria and Korea, including Koguryo and Japanese ethnolinguistic history, Koguryo's genetic relationship to Japanese, Koguryo phonology, and the Koguryo lexicon. It also analyzes the phonology of archaic Northeastern Chinese.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004160256
• ISBN13: 9789004160255
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.7"