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  2. Comparison of Japanese and Korean - Wikipedia

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    Korean and Japanese both have an agglutinative morphology in which verbs may function as prefixes [15] and a subject–object–verb (SOV) typology. [16] [17] [18] They are both topic-prominent, null-subject languages. Both languages extensively utilize turning nouns into verbs via the "to do" helper verbs (Japanese suru する; Korean hada ...

  3. Japanese grammar - Wikipedia

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    The reason for this is that in Japanese, sentences (other than occasional inverted sentences or sentences containing afterthoughts) always end in a verb (or other predicative words like adjectival verbs, adjectival nouns, auxiliary verbs)—the only exceptions being a few sentence-ending particles such as ka, ne, and yo.

  4. Korean grammar - Wikipedia

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    The choice of whether to use a Sino-Korean noun or a native Korean word is a delicate one, with the Sino-Korean alternative often sounding more profound or refined. It is in much the same way that Latin- or French-derived words in English are used in higher-level vocabulary sets (e.g. the sciences), thus sounding more refined – for example ...

  5. Languages of East Asia - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese languages are collectively referred to as CJKV, or just CJK, since modern Vietnamese is no longer written with Chinese characters at all. In a similar way to the use of Latin and ancient Greek roots in English, the morphemes of Classical Chinese have been used extensively in all these languages to ...

  6. Japanese script reform - Wikipedia

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    For example, the words つづく (続く) and ちぢむ (縮む) are written in this manner, though the correct kana usage for chijimi (the Japanese word for the Korean dish buchimgae) is チジミ, as opposed to チヂミ, as the word is not native to the language. [4] ぢ and づ are never used for words of Chinese origin.

  7. Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts - Wikipedia

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    Many East Asian scripts can be written horizontally or vertically. Chinese characters, Korean hangul, and Japanese kana may be oriented along either axis, as they consist mainly of disconnected logographic or syllabic units, each occupying a square block of space, thus allowing for flexibility for which direction texts can be written, be it horizontally from left-to-right, horizontally from ...

  8. North–South differences in the Korean language - Wikipedia

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    The Korean language has diverged between North and South Korea due to the length of time that the two states have been separated. [1]The Korean Language Society in 1933 made the "Proposal for Unified Korean Orthography" (Korean: 한글 맞춤법 통일안; RR: Hangeul Matchumbeop Tong-iran), which continued to be used by both Korean states after the end of Japanese rule in 1945.

  9. Topic marker - Wikipedia

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    hakkyo school 는 neun TOP 저기 jeogi over there 에 e LOC 있다. itta. is 학교 는 저기 에 있다. hakkyo neun jeogi e itta. school TOP {over there} LOC is (The) school is over there. Japanese: は The topic marker is one of many Japanese particles. It is written with the hiragana は, which is normally pronounced ha, but when used as a particle is pronounced wa. If what is to be the ...