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Korean and Chinese History


Chinese and Korean Language History


History

Origin
Before 1st century   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
12   
11
1   
1

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Korean and Chinese

The Early forms of Korean and Chinese explains the evolution of Korean and Chinese languages which is under Korean and Chinese history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Korean and Chinese history we will understand how the Korean and Chinese languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Korean: Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean.
  • Early forms of Chinese: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Korean: Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard.
  • Standard forms of Chinese: Standard Chinese.
  • Signed forms of Korean: Korean Sign Language
  • Signed forms of Chinese: Korean Sign Language

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Korean and Chinese Language Family

In Korean and Chinese history, you will get to know about Korean and Chinese language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Korean is a part of Koreanic Family while Chinese is a part of Sino-Tibetan Family. The subgroup and branch of Korean is Not Available and Not Available resp. The subgroup and branch of Chinese is Not Available and Not Available resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Korean and Chinese language on Korean vs Chinese alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Korean vs Chinese Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Korean vs Chinese language rank. Korean and Chinese history gives you Korean and Chinese language rank. The Korean language rank is 12. And Chinese language rank is 1. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Korean vs Chinese.

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