Dravido-Korean languages

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Dravido-Korean
(probably spurious)
Geographic
distribution		South India, Japan and Korea
Linguistic classificationProposed language family
Subdivisions
GlottologNone

Dravido-Koreanic, sometimes Dravido-Koreo-Japonic, is an abandoned proposal linking the

Homer B. Hulbert in 1905.[2] In his book The Origin of the Japanese Language (1970), Susumu Ōno proposed a layer of Dravidian (specifically Tamil) vocabulary in both Korean and Japanese. Morgan E. Clippinger gave a detailed comparison of Korean and Dravidian vocabulary in his article "Korean and Dravidian: Lexical Evidence for an Old Theory" (1984), but there has been little interest in the idea since the 1980s.[1]

Recognition of language similarities

Similarities between the

Homer B. Hulbert wrote a comparative grammar of Korean and Dravidian in which he hypothesized a genetic connection between the two.[2] According to Hulbert, the endings of many names of ancient settlements of southern Korea can be traced to Dravidian words.[4] Later, Susumu Ōno caused a stir in Japan with his theory that Tamil constituted a lexical stratum of both Korean and Japanese, which was widely publicized in the following years but was quickly abandoned. However, Clippinger applied the comparative method systematically to Middle Korean forms and reconstructed Dravidian forms.[5] Lee Ki-Moon, Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University, argued in 2011 that Clippinger's conclusion should be revisited.[1]

The Samguk yusa describes Heo Hwang-ok, who was the first queen of Geumgwan Gaya—a statelet of the Gaya confederacy—as coming from Ayuta in India.[6] Since the Samguk yusa was compiled in the 12th century, and contains mythical narratives, it is not strong evidence. However, contact with Tamil merchants and a limited inflow of immigrants may have influenced the formation of the Gaya confederacy.[7] According to the historian Kim Byung-ho, the Karak Kingdom of King Suro was named after an old Dravidian work meaning 'fish'.[8][9]

In 2011, Jung Nam Kim, president of the Korean Society of Tamil Studies, mentioned that the similarities between Korean and Dravidian are strong, but he also said that this does not prove a genetic link between Dravidian and Korean, and that more research needs to be done.[citation needed]

Arguments

Nivkh language and influenced by Tamil.[14] There are two basic common features:[15]

  • all three languages are
    agglutinative
    ,
  • all three follow
    SOV word order
    , with modifiers preceding modified words, and are post-positional.

However, typological similarities such as these could easily be due to chance; agglutinative languages are quite common, and half of the languages in the world follow SOV word order. The lack of a statistically significant number of cognates and the lack of anthropological and genetic links can be adduced to dismiss this proposal.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c Lee & Ramsey (2011), p. 15.
  2. ^ a b Hulbert (1905).
  3. ^ Hulbert (1906), p. 28.
  4. ^ Hulbert (1906), pp. 28–29.
  5. ^ a b Clippinger (1984).
  6. Ay kingdom was based in modern Kanyakumari) in Tamil Nadu
    .
  7. doi:10.21758/jis.2017.22.1.85
  8. ^ Barnes, Gina Lee (2001). State formation in Korea: historical and archaeological perspectives. Routledge. p. 185.
  9. ^ Kim, Choong-Soon (2011). Voices of Foreign Brides: The Roots and Development of Multiculturalism in Contemporary Korea. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 174.
  10. ^ Ohno, Susumu (1970). The Origin of the Japanese Language. Journal of Japanese studies.
  11. ^ Paek, Nak-chun (1987). The history of Protestant missions in Korea, 1832-1910. Yonsei University Press.
  12. ^ Hulbert (1906), pp. 28, 300–302.
  13. ^ Sohn (1999), pp. 28–29.
  14. ^ Kang, Gil-un (1990). 고대사의 비교언어학적 연구. 새문사.
  15. ^ Sohn (1999), p. 29.
  16. ^ "Origin Theories of the Korean Language". Retrieved 15 December 2013.

Works cited

External links
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