Posted on 10/08/2012 8:05:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Prior to the unification of China 2000-odd years ago, the Han kingdom was one of many states located in mainland Northeast Asia. The success of the Han dynasty led to the Chinese tradition of calling anyone who assimilated into the unified Chinese state a Han person. The map below shows the boundaries of some of the kingdoms prior to the unification of China. The Han kingdom is in lavender:
Could you please tell me what languages the various kingdoms spoke?
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