Middle Korean language

Korean language

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Korean language history

  • In Korean language: General considerations

    While much is known about Middle Korean, the language spoken in the 15th century (when the script was invented), information about the language before that time is limited. Several hundred words of early Middle Korean were written with phonograms in the vocabularies compiled by the Chinese as far back as…

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