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Originally Posted by HarryT
Japanese is closely related to Korean (Korean is believed to be the older language).
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That is a theory many Koreans put forth. Japanese claim it is not true. Of course, nationalistic passions ride high between these two nations! I have no knowledge of Korean, I only know it is not related to Chinese, even though they have picked up a lot of Chinese words and Kanji. And Finnish and Hungarian are Asian in origin. So some minor similarities with Japanese, as commented on by Nekokami, would not be unheard off; but probably are just coincidental as mentioned.