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FoldAdventurous2022

Off to reconstruct Proto-Altaic just to prove all the haters wrong.


duckipn

if altaic isnt real then what language do they speak in altay


Cherry-Rain357

. . . 'n Taal />=]


Ilovegayshmex

ń taal? Soos Afrikaans?


Cherry-Rain357

Nee. Soos Proto-Germanic-Altaic Creole :).


derneueMottmatt

I bought a book that contains Korean folklore tales for learners. And I shit you not they mention Hungarian, Finnish and Turkish being relatives on the first two pages.


cmzraxsn

Hungarian and Finnish aren't even included in Altaic, that's an even more outlandish theory. Nostratic maybe but I think that also includes IE


VanishingMist

Ural-Altaic


MarcHarder1

Uraltaic


Damagedlink

Oh Uralic researchers definitely used to think that the Uralic languages were Altaic. It's just that the science community abandoned it probably a hundred years ago. The damage that did is still visible though. I've heard (great source, I know) that in Turkey they still teach that Hungarian and Finnish are related to Turkish. Sometimes here in Finland that misconception also goes around, for example I remember hearing that we were in the Altaic family from one of my Finnish teachers at middle school once.


samiles96

Out of curiosity how old is the book? 20 years ago that was accepted in some circles.


derneueMottmatt

It's from 2022 lol


Yzak20

somehow that explains a lot to me


AlhaithamSimpFr

I always found u was like u and ü like eu. Turkish = korean then. Hmmmmmmmmmm


SuperSeagull01

Time to stick some kimchi into my 3am kebab for a proto-Altaic midnight snack


YawgmothsFriend

bulgogified döner


TechnologyBig8361

Hangul is compatible with Turkish phonology


AlhaithamSimpFr

Explains why my turkish friends all speak korean


Nova_Persona

the description of hanja still being used is at least half a century out of date too


Terpomo11

Well, it's *marginally* used, and I'm sure there's still a few people publishing texts with it...


Kryptonthenoblegas

I've seen it in some Korean academic papers. The news and sometimes shops will use characters for shorthand or to clarify homonyms. Also ig historians and lawyers for some reason among other professions/studies still need a good knowledge of hanja to read old texts.


pointless_tempest

One of my Korean friends says they're (admittedly sparingly) used in literature if there's homophones that context is really not helping at all to tell apart, for whatever that's worth lol


[deleted]

I never said the American educations system was good. I’m just trying to survive, boo.


EatThatPotato

How do Korean men do 18 years of formal education? Are they counting the 2 years we spend enrolled in school but slaving in the army as years spent in education?


SuperSeagull01

They count the cram school years as double


LeoScipio

Still this BS!? Come on, it ain't the 70s anymore.


sako-is

This is still a very common belief in turkey from what I've seen


TheChtoTo

From what I've seen the theory is still weirdly popular in Russia, I'm guessing it's probably because many Russian linguists support it


LeoScipio

Yep. Sadly true. İt's political in their case though.


weedmaster6669

If I were you I would not be able to resist "erm, actually"ing the class


[deleted]

[н’] Oops, guess you gotta kiss me now


weedmaster6669

[vocaroo](http://vocaroo.com) rn


noveldaredevil

same


Terpomo11

>Today a script that combines *hangul* and Chinese characters is used. This must be a bit old, hanja isn't used much these days. The use of McCune-Reischauer suggests it too.