Is the chinese language the mother of the japanese and korean language?

Answer 1

Definitely not. The Japanese and Korean languages belong to a different linguistic group.Studying Chinese and Japanese would be the best evidence: the grammar, phonetics and language logic are totally different...

On the one hand, Chinese influence has been tremendous in Japan: many famous 'Japanese features' actually originate from China's Tang dynasty (the kimono, the tea ceremonies, zen buddhism, eating habits). On the other, the origin of the Japanese language is ambiguous: Japanese is often believed to be connected to the Ural-Altaic family (Turkish, Mongolian, Manchu, Korean) or from Austronesian languages (Polynesian).

I read the answers given before. Don't believe the Chinese which tend to have a very ethnic-centered (i.e. wrong) view of history. It is not their fault but the way they are being taught until university.

Answer 2

No. The Chinese language is not grammatically the mother of Japanese or Korean. Japanese and Korean borrowed Chinese for their initial writing system, and Chinese is a major source of words for both. Still, no linguist would call Chinese their mother, as their grammars are too different.

Answer 3

Quote from Tari: "Korean is bigger since it's orignally mom of eastern whose mom was once chinese language language" First of all, Tari, you don't have any inspiration what you're speaking approximately. While there are affects since of traders and pupils travelling among the 2 nations, Korean and Chinese are in fully exclusive language households (Sino-Tibetan and Altaic/isolate). To reply the fashioned query, I might agree that Korean is the extra exciting of the 2 to gain knowledge of since it's an up and coming language/country/tradition, while Japan has already reached its height. However, linguistically speakme, the 2 langugaes are particularly an identical. Where Japanese has extra difficultly in finding out the Kanji, Korean has extra rather complex grammar.

Answer 4

I'm a Chinese student. in our history class, the teacher said that in Tang Dynasty, Japanese government sent some Japanese people to china for learning Chinese arts, culture and science, and taking those back to japan. you know, in Japanese, many characters are written in Chinese way. so in a way, Chinese is the mother of Japaneses. after all, Japan didn't have their own writing system before they sent some people to china. but, they had developed their own language system in their own way. well, Japanese is quite different from Chinese now! don't forget this point!

hope this can help you.=)

Answer 5

No,Japanese and Chinese are very different.
we Japanese used Chinese character to write.
we hadn't had character for writing yet 6-7century.

Answer 6

Yes, chinese language is the mother of japanese and korean.
But the detail I have forgot.
The last I read about korean language at a book store a year ago.

Answer 7

yes ,... ?