Abstract: Chapter 24 Old Korean John Whitman, John WhitmanSearch for more papers by this author John Whitman, John WhitmanSearch for more papers by this author Book Editor(s):Lucien Brown, Lucien BrownSearch for more papers by this authorJaehoon Yeon, Jaehoon YeonSearch for more papers by this author First published: 22 May 2015 https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118371008.ch24Citations: 25 AboutPDFPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShareShare a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Summary This chapter describes conservative properties of the language recorded in Koryo period interpretive kwukyel, Nam (2010b, 2012) proposes a new periodicization which extends the end date of old korean to the Mongol invasion in the mid-thirteenth century. It summarizes the linguistic background of the Three Kingdoms period. 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