Puyŏ languages
The Puyŏ (Korean: 부여; RR: Buyeo; MR: Puyŏ; Chinese: 扶餘; pinyin: Fúyú) or Puyo-Koguryoic languages are four languages of northern Korea and eastern Manchuria mentioned in ancient Chinese sources. The languages of Buyeo, Goguryeo, Dongye and Okjeo were said to be similar to one another but different from the language of the Yilou to the north (believed on non-linguistic grounds to be Tungusic). Other sources suggest that the ruling class of Baekje may have spoken a Puyŏ language.
| Puyŏ | |
|---|---|
| Puyo-Koguryoic | |
| Geographic distribution | Korean peninsula, Manchuria |
| Linguistic classification | Koreanic ?
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | None |
Chinese commanderies (in purple) and their eastern neighbours mentioned in the Records of the Three Kingdoms | |
The Puyŏ languages are very poorly attested, and their affiliation is unclear. However, most researchers in Korea assume that Puyŏ is a branch of the Koreanic language family. Other researchers hold a range of views on the affiliation of the Goguryeo language: that the evidence is insufficient to classify it, that it was Japonic, that it was Tungusic, or that was the ancestor of Korean that subsequently spread to the south of the peninsula.