It is a member of the Tungusic family. It is a moribund language, and classified as critically endangered by the Unesco Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger.
Zuckermann's term "Revival Linguistics" is modelled upon "Contact Linguistics". Revival linguistics inter alia explores the universal constraints and mechanisms involved in language reclamation, renewal and revitalization.
The West Liao River valley in Northeast China is an ecologically diverse region, populated in prehistory by human populations with a wide range of cultures and modes of subsistence.
Koreans are generally considered a Northeast Asian group, thought to be related to Altaic-language-speaking populations. However, recent findings have indicated that the peopling of Korea might have been more complex, involving dual origins…