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(Learn how and when to remove this template message)Short description: Ancient Koreanic language of Manchuria
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| Ye-Maek | |
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| Yemaek, Maek | |
| Native to | North Korea, South Korea and China |
| Region | Manchuria, northeastern part of the Korean peninsula |
| Ethnicity | Yemaek |
| Era | possibly 6th-2nd centuries BCE |
Koreanic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hmk |
hmk | |
| Glottolog | None |
The Yemaek people had historical ties to later Korean kingdoms and may have been ancestral to several, such as Gojoseon; the Ye of Yemaek are reported to have been a synonym for Buyeo and the Maek for Goguryeo. Their language may have been one of, or ancestral to, the Koguryoic languages.
Evidence for the language is limited to toponyms, and its existence is questionable. Attempts at recovering Yemaek words from toponyms in the Samguk Sagi historical record are disputed.[1]
References
- ↑ Journal of Inner and East Asian Studies , vol 2-2 (Dec 2005)
