Book DescriptionThis is the first in-depth study of the extinct Koguryo language, which was once spoken in Manchuria and northern Korea It covers the ethnolinguistic history of the Koguryo nation, philological treatment of the sources for the language, Koguryo phonology, and a complete glossary of all Archaic Koguryo and Old Koguryo words Special озьфк attention has been given to the theory and practice of lexically-based historical-comparative linguistics The genetic relationship of Koguryo to Japanese is shown to be secure, unlike the non-relationship of either language to Korean or Altaic, and much light is shed on the ethnolinguistic origins of Japanese The special phonological features of the underlying transcriptional language, the archaic northeastern Middle Chinese dialect once spoken in Korea, are also analyzed Readership: Anyone interested in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, historical linguistics, early East Asian history, or the comparative linguistics of East Asia and CentralEurasia Academic libraries, research institutes, and large public libraries.  Данное издание2004 г 296 стр ISBN 9004139494.