ON THE ANCIENT RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TURKIC AND KOREAN PEOPLES

Abstract

In early periods there lived mainly Turkic, Mongol, Tungus, Manchu and Korean tribes in the northern and northeastern parts of the Asian Continent and they were neighbors to each other. According to linguistic studies of some researchers, those tribes in the origin were belonged to one linguistic family, i.e. to Altai Language Family and during the historical process they separated into several modern languages. However, today the relativity of Turkic, Mongol, Tungus and Manchu languages have been clarified thoroughly, and all of these language groups are accepted as “Altai language family” by world known linguists, the problem of dependency of the Korean to these group hasn’t been solved yet. Although this is just a theory, the history of relations between the Turkic and Korean tribes started in the early times and it could be supported by the information not only from ancient manuscripts but also from archaeological and linguistic data. Among the written sources the Chinese chronicles of Han-shu (the 2nd c BC), Shi-ji (the 1st c AD), Pei-shih (the 7th c AD), Sui-shu (the 7th c AD) and Tang-shu (the 10th c AD) are very important ones. Besides this, the Orhun-Yenisei sources (the Old Turkic manuscripts of the 7th-9th c AD carved on stones) and the Tibetan manuscripts (the 8th-9th c AD) give a clear notion on this question.

Keywords

• TURKIC PEOPLES
• KOREAN PEOPLES
• ANCIENT
• RELATION

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