I thought this was common knowledge. Yangtze mandarin dialects sound vaguely like Japanese and China north of the river is inhabited by the descendants of steppe barbarians.
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Replying to @Masterwang @thespandrell
Yeah I thought this has been quite well studied? Despite it's proximity early Japanese came from South China not north?
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Replying to @Molson_Hart @thespandrell
More like the population that founded eastern civilization was forced to migrate south due to barbarians from the north.
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Replying to @Masterwang @thespandrell
Is there a wiki length article you guys recommend? A term I could google?
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