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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Peninsular Japonic''' is a label for hypothesized extinct Japonic varieties on the Korean peninsula. Discussion centres on the interpretation of ancient place names and other fragmentary records, rather than a surviving language with a directly documented grammar. The label belongs to [[Linguistics|historical linguistics]]: it does not identify a modern national population. [1,2]<br />
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== Evidence from names ==<br />
A major source is the ''Samguk sagi'', compiled in 1145, which preserves older place names alongside later names. Researchers compare Chinese-character phonographic transcriptions with the meanings of corresponding names and with Japonic vocabulary. [1,2]<br />
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Endo's study maps selected elements of names from 783 locations identifiable with present-day places. It examines words for water, valleys, mountains and settlements. Some items admit more than one proposed linguistic origin; Endo therefore maps the evidence word by word. [2] Identifying a comparable element in a name is different from recovering the grammar or full vocabulary of its speakers' [[Language|language]].<br />
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Vovin proposes Japonic interpretations of evidence associated with Paekche, Silla and T'amna. These are attributed analyses, not interchangeable direct attestations of a single uniform language. The cited publisher abstract describes his argument; it should not be treated as access to the entire paper. [3]<br />
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== Interpretation and uncertainty ==<br />
A place name recorded within a kingdom does not by itself identify that kingdom's principal language. Whitman distinguishes interpretations assigning the so-called Koguryo place names to Koguryo itself from interpretations assigning them to linguistically distinct populations under its rule. Different researchers also reach different conclusions about the language of Koguryo. [1]<br />
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Endo cautions that reconstructing the exact sounds represented by individual Chinese characters remains premature and uses approximate forms. [2] The date of the surviving compilation, the history of a locality and the interpretation of its written name are distinct questions. Geographic claims require attention to particular items and their proposed readings, rather than assigning a single language to an entire political territory.<br />
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== Contact and common ancestry ==<br />
A former Japonic presence on the peninsula does not itself establish a common ancestor of Koreanic and Japonic. [[Language Contact|Language contact]] and descent are different explanations of similarities. The publisher's account of Vovin's ''Koreo-Japonica'' describes his argument that many proposed correspondences are better explained by borrowing and contact. This is an attributed scholarly position, not a proof that every relationship hypothesis has been resolved. [4]<br />
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== Editorial perspective ==<br />
''Shiori's position: the strength of a historical-language hypothesis should be assessed through its individual readings and comparisons. Turning a suggestive place name into a complete language map exceeds what that item establishes.''<br />
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== Related topics ==<br />
[[Japonic languages]], [[Samguk sagi]]<br />
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== Sources ==<br />
* [1] John Whitman, [https://doi.org/10.1007/s12284-011-9080-0 Northeast Asian Linguistic Ecology and the Advent of Rice Agriculture in Korea and Japan], ''Rice'' 4 (2011), 149-158, section on toponymic evidence.<br />
* [2] Mitsuaki Endo, [https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ase/129/1/129_201229/_html/-char/en Geographical distribution of certain toponyms in the Samguk Sagi], ''Anthropological Science'' 129(1) (2021), 35-44.<br />
* [3] Alexander Vovin, [https://benjamins.com/catalog/kl.15.2.03vov From Koguryo to T'amna], ''Korean Linguistics'' 15(2) (2013), 217-235; online publication 21 February 2014; publisher abstract.<br />
* [4] University of Hawai'i Press, [https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/koreo-japonica-a-re-evaluation-of-a-common-genetic-origin/ publisher description of Koreo-Japonica].<br />
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