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Chōsen Railway
The Chōsen Railway Company ( Japanese: 朝鮮鉄道株式会社, ''Chōsen Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha''; Korean: 조선철도주식회사, ''Joseon Cheoldo Jusikhoesa''), was a privately owned railway company in Japanese-occupied Korea. History The Chōsen Railway was established on 1 September 1923 through the merger of six companies: * Chosen Central Railway (朝鮮中央鉄道 ''Chōsen Chūō Tetsudō''; 조선중앙철도 ''Joseon Jung-ang Cheoldo''), * Chosen Forestry Railway (朝鮮森林鉄道 ''Chōsen Shinrin Tetsudō''; 조선삼림철도 ''Joseon Samrim Cheoldo''), * Chosen Industrial Railway (朝鮮産業鉄道 ''Chōsen Sangyō Tetsudō''; 조선산업철도 ''Joseon San-eop Cheoldo''), * Chosen Southern Railway (南朝鮮鉄道, ''Minamichōsen Tetsudō''; 남조선철도 ''Namjoseon Cheoldo''), * West Chosen Development Railway (西鮮殖産鉄道, ''Seisen Shokusan Tetsudō''; 서선식산철도 ''Seoseon Sigsan Cheoldo'') * Yanggang Forest Development Railw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), there was a massive influx of Sino-Japanese vocabulary into the language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese. Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords. The basis of the standard dialect moved f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
