Is there a similarity between the languages: Chinese, Korean ...

Korean and Japanese are likely related (at their root, the way english and say dutch ... in Japanese, "prepare" - "zhunbei" in Chinese, "junbi" in Japanese, ... UnivdiversIsthereasimilaritybetweenthelanguages:Chinese,Korean,andJapanese? Jul29,20104:12PM40Answers·4KoreanandJapanesearelikelyrelated(attheirroot,thewayenglishandsaydutcharerelated)butthisisdebatedandhighlypolitical.TheyhaveasimilargrammaticalstructureandarethoughtbysometobebothrelatedtoAltaiclanguagessuchasMongolianandManchu.Chineseisinadifferentfamilyoflanguages,andalthoughtheyareknowas"hua"or"dialect"inChina,differentvariantsofChineseareatleastasdifferentasseparateEuropeanlanguages.Mandarin,Hokkien,Cantonese,ShanghaineseandotherHanlanguageshaveasimilargrammaticalstructure,pronouncedlydifferentfromJapaneseandKorean,andaremorecloselyrelatedtoTibetanandBurmese. Now,thisisallcomplicatedhoweverbyloanwordsmovingfromChinesetoKoreanandJapanese(aswellasVietnamesewhichisinanotherlanguagefamilyagainandrelatedtoKhmerandMalay).ThisissimilartowordsinEnglishtakenfromFrenchandLatin,suchas"information","severe"or"equality".AgainthisiscomplicatedbythefactthatthosewordscomefrommultipleChineselanguagesatmultiplepointsinhistory. Attheendoftheday,somewordssoundsimilarsuchas"partake"-"sanjia"inchinese,"sanka"inJapanese,"prepare"-"zhunbei"inChinese,"junbi"inJapanese,and"cheers"-"kanpai"inJapanese,"gunbae"inKorean,and"ganbei"inChinese.ButtheseareseparatelanguageslikeGreek,Spanish,andFrenchare,theyarefundamentallymutuallyunintelligible.July29,201002WellfirstoffKoreanisanisolatelanguage,soitisnotrelatedtoanyotherlanguageintheentireworld.ItdidIthinkborrowsomeChinese(Mandarin)writingcharacters,butthat'sabouttheonlysimilarity.Chinese(Mandarin)andJapanesefromwhatIknowaremutuallyunintelligble(iespeakersfromeitherlanguagecannotunderstandeachother).JapanesedidadoptmanyChinesecharactersthoughandthatisthebasisforoneofits3alphabets.July29,201001ChinesebelongstoagroupcalledIndo-Chineselanguages,andisnottoodifferentfromIndo-Europeanlanguages.. JapanesebelongstotheJaponicfamily,anditsrelationtoKoreanisdisputed. Koreandoesnotbelongtoanylanguagefamily. July30,201000AsfarasIknow,allthreelanguagesaremutuallyunintelligible,andChineseistheonlytonallanguageofthethree. ThesituationisabitconfusedfromthemallhavingahistoryofusingChinesecharacters(Koreandumpedallofthem),andnaturallyborrowingwordsfromeachotherasneighbouringlanguages.July29,201000Stillhaven’tfoundyouranswers?Writedownyourquestionsandletthenativespeakershelpyou!AskNowUnivdiversLanguageSkillsArabic,English,French,OtherLearningLanguageOtherFollowArticlesYouMayAlsoLike6LanguageImmersionIdeasForYourNextAdventureAbroadby10likes·1CommentsHowToCommunicateWithoutWordsby26likes·2CommentsUnderstandingTheVerb'ToGet'InEnglishby180likes·1CommentsMorearticlesDownloadtheitalkiAppInteractwithnativespeakersaroundtheworld.