백제한자음의 운모와 성조에 대한 의문

Abstract

This article examines some toponyms of the Samguk sagi to present the nucleus and coda systems of Sino-Paekche Korean, readings of Chinese characters in the southwestern state in Korean peninsula between the first century B.C. and the seventh century A.D. Through careful examination on the characters with consonantal codas, this article concludes that both stop and nasal endings were not phonemic in Paekche while they seem to be in the process of becoming phonemes in the Unified Silla after the eighth century. The nasal endings were formed prior to the stop endings. The data given in the Samguk sagi, however, do not give enough information to draw the nucleus system of Sino-Paekche. Furthermore, tones do not seem to have been in the Paekche language. This research suggests to reexamine the previous studies, such as To, Yu, Eom, and Lee who claim the presence of consonantal codas in Old Korean and/or Old Sino-Korean because at least the place names in Paekche do not support the presence of consonantal codas.