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Corean
== History ==
The proto-Corean languages are theorized to have formed in southwestern Manchuria, contemporary with the foundational years of the Chinese [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang_dynasty Shang dynasty]. Approximately three hundred years before Christ, Coreanic split into the northern Mek [貊] branch and the southern Han [韓] branch. The Mek language was the ancestor of the dialects of Ko-djosan, Poeja, Ko-korjo and numerous other northern Corean dynasties. Meanwhile, the Han Confederacy and the later Silla dynasty's languages arose from the Han branch.
Peninsular Corean dialects were eventually unified by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Silla Later Silla dynasty], the first state that unified the majority of Coreans. This Sillan dialect gave way to Middle Corean by the reign of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyeonjong_of_Goryeo King Hjandjong] of Korjo. In 1446, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejong_the_Great King Sedjong the Great] of Tsjosan introduced the phoenetic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul Hankoel] alphabet. With a new alphabet available to the majority of the Corean population, Corean literature flourished and became the bridge leading to the formation of Modern Corean, arising simultaneously with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_from_Ming_to_Qing Qing conquests in China].
During the 18th and 19th century, the Corean language shifted once again with the importation of foreign knowledge, the collapse of the Qing dynasty, and the formation of the Korean Poeja kingdom in southern Manchuria. Several marginalized dialects like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukjin_dialect Rjoekdjin] experienced a resurgence, causing a diversification of dialects. Many loanwords from Dutch and other languages entered Corean. With the tide of Corean emigration, the language also spread to various parts of the world such as Tauland, New Batavia, and other countries.
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