Are Japanese and Korean really members of the Altaic Lanuage Family?
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There are tons and tons of similarities between these languages. I am learning Korean and Japanese and I speak Turkish and Azeri fluently. I am overwhelmed by how much these languages are similar to the languages I use everyday.
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They are very different and aren't related to each other.  \n\nAlthough, it is debated that Japanese and Korean may be related. And in my view, they might. They use politeness levels and honorifics (though Korean has more than Japanese!).\n\nJapanese and Korean verbs conjugate while Chinese verbs do not.\n\nJapanese and Korean verbs tend to end a sentence. Chinese verbs are somewhere in the middle.\n\nPhonologically, Chinese has tones.  Mandarin, particularly, has 4 while Cantonese has 9. Japanese and Korean rely on pitch accent.\n\nIn writing, Japanese mixes Chinese characters with its syllabic writing system.  South Koreans use Chinese characters (North Koreans have gotten rid of them 60 years ago), though it seems like they use it sparingly these days. The writing system is rather unique and easy to learn.  \n\nVocabulary wise, Japanese and Korean have a lot of Chinese words.\n\nAnyway, here are some examples of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean so you can get an idea of how different they are:\n\nEnglish: I read this book.\nChinese: 我看過這本書了。 (wo kan guo zhe ben shu le)\n\nJapanese: 私は、この本を読みました。 (watakushi wa, kono hon o yomimashita)\n\nKorean: 저는 이 책을 읽었습니다. (jeoneun i chaegeul ilgeosseumnida)
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The japanese were like the nazis of the east.....the koreans think that they are better then all the other asian races with there stuck up additude only because they have the usa to back them in everything.....the chinese are lazy....but are good with math and cook a great meal!
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If you mean a Japanese boy studying life of the Chinese, well, it's like an American in Paris. Even if they live in the same continent, they still differ in country, language and culture.
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i do not think the mongols invaded japan... they started with china and moved west. they conquered most of Asia and some parts of Africa and Europe. the japanese were not affected cuz the mongols aren't strong on the sea. they're mostly horse-rider people
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Yes: French, Spanish and Japanese
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Koreans tend to have sharper features than japanese, higher cheekbones, and are less likely to have epicanthic folds than Japanese. Also, they tend to have 'flatter' faces than Japanese.  Women also use earth tones - browns - and Japanese women tend to use reds (in lipstick and makeup).  Also, generally korean women tend to be taller, with sharper, more triangular heads - sharp chins, high cheekbones, sharper eyes.  Chinese look different depending on if their ancestry is from northern china or southern china - southern chinese tend to be smaller, browner, and have more rounded features. My fuzzy logic and heuristics work well enough to usually get it right though. When in doubt, listen to the accent. And this only goes for people born and raised in their respective countries.  American born asians get a look all thier own.
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South Korea and Japan
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what made you say this?  i think they are asians too.  i know they are asians too.
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There are Mongoloid Asians (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, etc.) and there are Caucasoid Asians (Persians, Arabs, Indians, etc.). Skin color has absolutely nothing to do with race. The term "white" is not meant to be taken literally. Race is more about skull size and bone structure. By definition, Caucasian ("white") people are those whose ancestry originated in not only Europe but North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia as well as much of Central Asia.
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I am half caucasian, half maori (if you dont know it, look it up).\n\nI LOVE asian guys... in particular Korean guys. \nI try other races, but I keep getting drawn back to the Koreans.\n\nLots of reasons... need more time..
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♥♪♦♫ yes it was said that humans are oringinated from the ape family. I hope that I have helped you.♥♪♦♫
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That isn't quite so easy as it sounds.  There are several such family trees, as the various Chinese dialects form one, certain Native American languages another, and so on.  The one most people are familiar with is Indo-European, which includes English, the Germanic languages, the Slavic languages, Sanskrit (and thus most languages of India), Greek and the Romance languages (that is, Latin and its descendants).  Another such tree is Finno-Ugric, which includes Finnish and Hungarian (Magyar).
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the chinese people mostly have very little eyes\nthe japanese(i think,)own the medium small eyes(and,it's perfect for me!!!>0<)\nthe korean owns the wider,but still,they got small eyes..^_^\n\nfor the writing,\nchinese writings are bit hard to known(w'little space)\njapanese is simpler(I could write my name by japanese!!^0^(coz' it's very simple!!huhuhu)\nthe koreans are simpler too,but still,it's a bit hard to known..
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No, in terms of script and language no.\n\nThe Japanese Writing Language in whole consists of 3 different sets of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji.  Though Hiragana and Katakana are basically the same phonetic letters, they are spelled differently in their sets to distinguish original words from borrowed words.\n\nHiragana is the curved phonetic script that is used for most of the language for japanese-domestic words like you (anata) or me (watashi) (note: "anata" and "watashi" are romanji, romanized-letter style of dictating japanese, not as great as usage of the hira/kata style). \n\nKatakana is the straight phonetic script that is used for "borrowed words" from other countries (mostly USA) and sounded onomatopeicly, like hotel would be "ho-te-ru" and the US would be "A-Me-Ri-Ka".\n\nKanji are ideograph characters that are borrowed from Chinese characters (in the Simplified Chinese set, not Traditional). They stand to be used as substitutes for words in japanese that are objects or ideas for the most part. (The symbol for Tokyo 東京 is really the kanji for "Too-Ky-Yoo".) However, Hiragana and Katakana can be used in place of Kanji with no misunderstanding. Kanji is more substitute fillers.\n\nSidebar: Hirugana are the little scripts that are beside Kanji words in educational books. This helps the student familiarize themselves with the sounding of the word and memorization of the Kanji.\n\n\n\nBy Contrast, Chinese Characters, or Hanzi, is made of of nothing but tens of thousands of ideograph characters. Originally, the characters were pictures that evolved into pictographs and eventually into ideographs, for the meaning.  A meaning or work could be as simple as one character (car=車, or che) or as long as the meaning goes (WMD = 大規模毀滅性武器 daguimo huimiexing wu qi). Hanzi is all about memorizing, to know the words. But the characters do not give you an idea of what the word sounds like. Thats where Pinyin and Zhuyin come in.\n\n\nOriginally, to understand what the character sounds is, one would use the Zhuyin phonetic system. Like the hiragana phonetic system (where all script letters represent sounds like ka, no, ru), the Zhuyin (or BoPoMoFo) system is script letters that represent sounds that are used to make up the combined sound of a letter. (mom would be ㄇㄚㄇㄚˋ, or MAMa)\nEarly school children were originally taught this system first to familiarize themselves with the sounds, and towards high school just memorize the sounds that go with the character (to the point of innate skills). Taiwan and certain countries still embrace this method limitedly, because alot use Pinyin instead.\n\nPinyin is a different school of chinese phonetics. It uses roman letters instead of Zhuyin script to garner the sounds (similar to Romanji for japanese). This was developed so more of the West would be able to learn chinese without trying to use the Zhuyin system. (like Mom would be Mama, sorta).  Mainland China embraces the Pinyin system (as well as simplified text, where Kanji most resembles).\n\n\nIn summary, Japanese and Chinese do not share the same script, but originally, like most SouthEast Asian countries (*cough* Korea) Japan borrowed a large portion of the characters from China and heavily evolved it into the hiragana, katakana, and kanji sets of today. Chinese still stems into two schools of writing, with the Simplified Hanzi, and the Traditional Hanzi.
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Because they are crazy Japanese type people. Not like people of glorious Khazakstan.
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The archeologically documented immigrants that came into North America through the Beringia Frost were referred to as "The Paleo Indians," and which may be what you are asking. They seem to have roamed in search (chasing) of game for food.\nThe point of origin of these peoples is however, and in my opinion Mongolia during the iceage.\nAlthough history does not compliment my instincts somehow I am strongly inclined to feel this way. Jose