| Notes l |
covers the "East-Asia" reference area, composed of sets not covered in any phylozone, part of the "wider Altaic" hypothesis (with languages of geozone 44=); comprising 3 sets of languages (= 11 outer languages) spoken by communities around the Sea of Japan, mainly on the Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago: 45-A HANKUKMAL+ CHEJUMAL 45-B EZO+ KURILE 45-C NIHONGO+ OKINAWAGO including 2 arterial languages: [45=-A] Hankukmal (Korean); [45=-C] Nihongo (Japanese) |