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An Analysis on Numeral Words in Mongolian and Korean Languages

Received: 15 October 2018     Accepted: 7 November 2018     Published: 5 December 2018
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Abstract

This article mainly conducts a comparative study of numeral forms in Mongolian and Korean through the observation of the numeral forms in mediaeval Mongolian literature, such as The Secret History of the Mongols and mediaeval Korean literature. The aim is to explore the homology between Mongolian and Korean numerals. Altaic numerals do not have an obvious phonetic correspondence as indo-European numerals do. Due to the nature of the numeral itself, a comparative study of numerals is not like a comparative study of grammatical elements. Strictly speaking, the comparative study of numerals belongs to the lexical category. In the whole numeral system, it is equally important to analyze the nature of a single numeral and observe other numerals in two languages. The character of a single numeral refers to the combination of root and affix, while the relation between numeral and numeral refers to the relation between one digits numeral word and the corresponding ten digits numeral word. Based on this point of view, the paper mainly analyzes the properties of the numeral itself and attempts to construct the root form of the numerals by combining the observation of the same root words. On this basis, the forms of numeral “one” and “two” in Mongolian and Korean are discussed.

Published in Social Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 6)
DOI 10.11648/j.ss.20180706.15
Page(s) 274-278
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Keywords

Mongolian, Korean, Numerals, Homology, Comparison

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