Koreo-Japonica: A Re-Evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin

by Alexander Vovin

The Japonic (Japanese and Ryukyuan) portmanteau language family and the Korean language have long been considered isolates on the fringe of northeast Asia. Although in the last fifty years many specialists in Japonic and Korean historical linguistics have voiced their support for a genetic relationship between the two, this concept has not been endorsed by general historical linguists and no significant attempts have been made to advance beyond...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824832787
• ISBN13: 9780824832780
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"