to what extent did the religion, ethnicities, and languages of the South Korean religion change because of its exposure to the other cultures?
By DylanMolina
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In ancient South Korean times there was only They spoke Koreanic which is an ancient version of the modern day Korean language. and one religion *SHAMANISM( belief that there are a very few persons who can communicate with the spirits and ancestor) ancestor worship. That they practiced then was later exposed to buddhism. -
Buddhism came in the 4th century through the silk route When buddhist missionaries entered the South Korean land and began spreading Buddhism through South Korea. It entered in the northern kingdom of South Korea, to the East kingdom of South Korea, and then buddhism had fully spread all around South Korea by 6th century. -
The South Korea language is a twisted version of the Chinese language because Chinese voyagers arrived in South Korea during the 12th century and created the Korean language. then after a couple hundred years after more countries where formed some Turkish and Mongolian voyages came in a couple hundred years later add some of there language to the South Korean language -
The religion Christianity come to South Korea in the 19th century through French and Chinese Catholic missionaries. That set off the spread of christianity in South Korea. Christianity hit its peak spread in 2005 and from then on it has been going up an down in population ever since the peak. -
the Korean language, which is often classified as one of the Altaic languages, has affinities to Chinese, throughout South Korea there are people who speak Japanese that are American and people who speak American are South Korean.
Today ¼ of the population is Christian(7.9%), buddhist(15.5%), protestants(19.7%), and the rest of the south Korean population are atheists. Also most of the people in south Korea live in the city.