Question: The Korean language (, see below) is the official and national language of both Koreas: the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea), with different standardized official forms used in each territory. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County of the People's Republic of China. Approximately 80 million people worldwide speak Korean.

Historical and modern linguists classify Korean as a language isolate; however, it does have a few extinct relatives, which together with Korean itself and the Jeju language (spoken in the Jeju Province and considered somewhat distinct) form the Koreanic language family. This implies that Korean is not an isolate, but a member of a small family. The idea that Korean belongs to the controversial Altaic language family is discredited in academic research. There is still debate about a relation to Dravidian languages and on whether Korean and Japanese are related to each other. The Korean language is agglutinative in its morphology and SOV in its syntax.

Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean, which in turn descends from Old Korean, which descends from the language spoken in Prehistoric Korea (labeled Proto-Korean), whose nature is debated, in part because Korean genetic origins are controversial. A relation of Korean (together with its extinct relatives which form the Koreanic family) with Japonic languages has been proposed by linguists such as William George Aston and Samuel Martin. Roy Andrew Miller and others suggested or supported the inclusion of Koreanic and Japonic languages in the purported Altaic family (a macro-family that would comprise Tungusic, Mongolian and Turkic families); the Altaic hypothesis has since been largely rejected by most linguistic specialists. 1. Where does modern Korean descend from?
2. And where does that descend from?
3. What do linguists classify Korean as?
4. What is the official and national language of both Koreas?
5. What is another name for The Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
6. And what is South Korea?
7. About how many people speak Korean worldwide?
8. What is William George Aston?
9. And Samuel Martin?
10. Do we know whether Korean and Japanese are related?
11. What is Korean in its morphology?
12. Where is it one of the two official languages?
13. Where is the Jeju language spoken?
14. What is discredited in academic research?
15. And what is there still debate about?
16. What is another name for the language spoken in Prehistoric Korea?
17. Why is its nature debated?
18. What form the Koreanic family?
19. What did Roy Andrew Miller suggest?
20. Was he alone in suggesting that? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Middle Korean
2. Old Korean
3. a language isolate
4. Korean
5. North Korea
6. the Republic of Korea
7. 80 million
8. a linguist
9. a linguist
10. no
11. agglutinative
12. the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture
13. the Jeju Province
14. The idea that Korean belongs to the controversial Altaic language family
15. a relation to Dravidian languages
16. Proto-Korean
17. Korean genetic origins are controversial
18. Korean and its extinct relatives
19. the inclusion of Koreanic and Japonic languages in the purported Altaic family
20. no

input: Yousuf Karsh,the Canadian portrait artist who photographed many of the most influential figures of the 20thcentury,died in a Boston hospital on July l3 th,2002.He was 93.

Working from a studio in Ottawa,Karsh produced famous portraits of such subjects as Winston Churchill,John F.Kennedy,Ernest Hemingway and Albert Einstein.Actually he has become almost as famous as his legendary subjects.In the latest edition of Who's Who,which listed the most notable people of the last century,Karsh was the only Canadian of the 100 famous people listed----51 0f whom Karsh had photographed.

As a master portraitist,often working in black and white.Karsh was famous for talking to his subjects as he was getting the shot's composition just right,asking them questions and putting them at ease.In preparation,he read as much as he could about the _ ,but avoided having the idea beforehand of how he would photograph them.He sought, as he wrote in Karsh Portfolio in 1967,to capture the "essential element which has made them great," explaining,"All I know is that within every mall a secret is hidden,and as a photographer, it is my task to reveal it if I can."

Karsh was born in America in 1908,and his uncle,George Nakash,brought him to John Garo,all outstanding photographer,to teach him in 1928.Four years later,Karsh set up his own studio in Ottawa.

In December of 1941,his memorable portrait of Winston Churchill brought Karsh into international fame.Canada's Prime Minister Mackenzie King arranged for him to photograph Churchill following Churchill's speech in the House of Commons.Not told,Churchill lit up a cigar, "Why was I not told of this?'' Karsh asked him to remove the cigar and,when he didn't,stepped forward and gently removed it with the comment,"Forgive me,Sir."Churchill glowered as the shot was taken,then permitted Karsh to take still another,;jokingly commenting,"You can even make a roaring lion stand still to be photographed." The Churchill portrait has since appeared in publications all over the world.

Karsh traveled to London in 1943 with his portable studio ---- an 8-by-10 view camera and many studio lamps to photograph such notables as George Bernard Shaw and the royal family.All these portraits fully illustrate Karsh's ability. 1. Where was Karsh born?
2. When?
3. What was he known for?
4. Did he photograph anyone famous?
5. Who?
6. Anyone else?
7. Like who?
8. How did he learn photography?
9. What kind of camera did he use?
10. Did he have other gear?
11. What did he have?
12. Did he shoot mostly in color or black and white?
13. Where was his studio located?
14. Did he receive any media recognition?
15. Howso?
16. Where did Karsh pass away?
17. How old was he?
18. When did he die?
19. Did he travel outside of the states to work?
20. Where did he go?
21. When was that? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. America
2. 1908
3. master portraitist
4. Yes
5. Winston Churchill
6. Yes
7. George Bernard Shaw and the royal family
8. from John Garo
9. an 8-by-10 view camera
10. Yes
11. many studio lamps
12. black and white
13. Ottawa
14. Yes
15. He was in the latest edition of Who's Who
16. Boston
17. 93
18. July 13th, 2002
19. Yes
20. London
21. 1943