Concept information
Preferred term
zraKara
Type
-
Language
Definition
- Gaya (Kaya), also transliterated Kara, is the presumed language of the Gaya confederacy in southern Korea. It is supposedly attested from thirteen toponyms, but it cannot be certain that these reflect the Gaya language itself rather than an earlier language. These place names appear to be in a language related to Japanese, and constitute part of the evidence for the Japanese–Koguryoic hypothesis. However, Koguryo (Goguryeo) itself came from further north, and may have been a language related to Korean that replaced Japonic languages in southern Korea. As Gaya grew out of one of the Samhan nations, it may be that the Goguryeo-derived elite language of Baekje was related to Korean, while the indigenous Samhan language was related to Gaya, assuming they were not both related to Korean. That is, Gaya might not be one of the Buyeo languages but rather part of Japonic.
Entry terms
- Gaya language
- Kara (Korea)
ISO 639-3 code
- zra
Notation
- zra
URI
http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/zra
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