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The document discusses the linguistic origin of the Japanese language and whether it is genetically related to the Altaic language family. It analyzes the verbal morphology of Japanese and proposes Altaic cognates for reconstructed suffixes to explore this question. The author argues that studying actional suffixes closest to the verb stem can provide reliable evidence of a genetic relationship due to their conservative nature.
- Author
- Matthew Parham
- Language
- EN