Readers 读者
Exploring the origin of Sino-Paekche Korean and the Min dialects
探索百济汉字音和闽语的来源
Ik-Sang Eom 严翼相
Abstract 摘要
This article demonstrates the phonological similarities between the Min dialects and Sino-Paekche Korean, which was used in the southwestern part of the Korean peninsula from the first century B.C. till the seventh century A.D. Since Paekche had frequent contacts with the capitals of Eastern Jin and other states of the Southern Dynasties, the author rejects the Min dialects as being the direct source of Sino-Paekche Korean. Instead, the author claims that Old Wu was the origin of Sino-Paekche Korean as well as the Min dialects. It is because if the northern dialects of the central plain were the source of Min, the Min dialects could not preserve more traces of Old Chinese than the Wu dialects. It is plausible to assume that the northern dialects of the central plain must have undergone more changes than the Wu dialects of that time. If it is so, there is no way to explain why the colloquial readings of the Min dialects reflect much earlier traces of Chinese than the Wu dialects. Accordingly, this article claims that Sino-Paekche Korean and the Min dialects share the Old Wu dialects of the Southern Dynasties as their source dialects.
本文主张古代韩半岛西南部存在过的百济的汉字音来自南朝的古吴语，与今天的闽语同源。百济与东晋、宋等南朝的中心地区交流频繁，因此笔者认为百济汉字音与闽语共有的古音特征并不是它们直接交流的结果。但其认为百济汉字音和闽语来自同一个方言，即古吴语。有关闽语的来源曾经有两种说法，即中原北语说和古吴语说。假如闽语的直接来源是中原北语的话，今天的闽语白读不可能比今天的吴语保留更古老的汉语特征。从语言变化的过程看，南北朝中原北语的变化应该比当时吴语的变化还要快。因此本文主张在百济汉字音与闽语里共有的一些古音特征说明它们的直接来源肯定是当时的古吴语。
Subject Keywords 主题词
Sino-Paekche Korean 百济汉字音 Min dialects 闽方言 Wu dialects 吴方言 Northern dialects of central plain 中原北方方言 Source dialects 方言源