%I #6 Jan 06 2017 07:45:29
%S 2,2,1,1,2,1,2,1,3,2,7,7,6,6,7
%N Number of mora in Japanese name of n in Old Japanese.
%C In 1916, Shinmura Izuru noted that the attested Goguryeo numerals 3, 5, 7 and 10 are similar to Japanese (cf. Wikipedia, Classification of the Japonic languages).
%C Korean linguist Yi Ki Mun, in a journal article published in 1972, noted that the Goguryeo language and Old Japanese share a number of identical numerals. The Goguryeo numerals mil (3), uc (5), na-nin (7) and tok (10) correspond to mi (3), i-tsu (5), na-na (7) and toowoo (10) (cf. Korean Sentry Forum).
%D Yi Ki-Mun, Kugosa kaesol [Introduction to the history of Korean], Seoul: Minjung Sogwan, (1972).
%D I. Shinmura, Kokugo oyobi chosengo no sushi ni tsuite [Regarding numerals in Japanese and Korean], Geibun, 7.2, 7.4 (1916).
%H P. Downing, <a href="http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6879g2fw">Japanese Numeral Classifiers: A Syntactic, Semantic, and Functional Profile</a>, Dissertations, Department of Linguistics, University of California, 1984.
%H Korean Sentry Forum, <a href="http://www.koreansentry.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3130#p22020">Comparing the development of Korean and Japanese languages</a>.
%H R. A. Miller, <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/488820">The Altaic Numerals and Japanese</a>, The Journal-Newsletter of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Oct. 15, 1969), 14-29.
%H Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_the_Japonic_languages#Koguryoic_hypothesis">Classification of the Japonic languages - Koguryoic hypothesis</a>.
%H Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_numerals#Old_Japanese">Japanese numerals - Old Japanese</a>.
%H Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Japanese">Old Japanese</a>.
%H Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goguryeo_language">Goguryeo language</a>.
%e hito, huta, mi, yo, itu, mu, nana, ya, kokono, too, too amari hito, too amari huta, too amari mi, too amari yo, too amari ito (cf. Downing, 1984).
%Y Cf. A261126.
%K nonn,word,more
%O 1,1
%A _Felix Fröhlich_, Nov 20 2016