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Name: Maek Alternate Name: Ye-Maek Code: hmk Code Authority: ISO 639-3 Code Standard: LINGUIST List Families: Unclassified Languages Parent Subgroup: Asian Unclassified (asun) Brief Description: A possible extinct language or dialect spoken in the eastern Korean peninsula north of Silla (which kingdom was for centuries limited to the SE corner of the peninsula), it was absorbed by Koguryo some time before the demise of the Koguryo kingdom. The evidence for this language is scant, since it is based on toponyms, and the existence of the language is questionable. The Koguryo themselves are also sometimes called Maek in Chinese sources. The name Maek is attested as the name of a foreign people to the NE of China in high antiquity, and the identifications with the ancient people may be ahistorical.

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Linguist List Status: Extinct