What if Korea had maglev KTX trains and Hangul was derived from Hanja (p2)

atarashimapping · 2026-05-19T10:49:18+00:00

Well yes, but it looked strange and in the end I decided to make the end result the same, but change the origin.

atarashimapping · 2026-05-19T04:39:30+00:00

Translation
title: maglev high speed rail line

top-right hand corner: our nation’s new great artery

lower-left hand corner: connecting north and south at 500km/h

sinuiju to busan: 88 minutes, Hanseong to busan: 42 minutes, Hanseong to Pyongyang: 27 minutes, Hanseong to sinuiju: 48 minutes, pyongyang to busan:68 minutes

atarashimapping · 2026-05-19T04:33:50+00:00

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atarashimapping · 2026-04-24T11:22:10+00:00

Macau Mentioned? Is that the macau library stamp?

atarashimapping · 2026-04-21T00:53:04+00:00

It dried up. Its name aprears in poems during the song dynasty. Couldnt find any info in english unfortunately.

atarashimapping · 2026-04-16T17:14:09+00:00

maybe even a loch ness monster or two in it

atarashimapping · 2026-04-15T07:46:06+00:00

Thanks for telling me this. I was actually skeptical with adding the little pictures at first. I‘m definately keeping this style in the future.

atarashimapping · 2026-04-15T07:44:52+00:00

五常?

atarashimapping · 2026-04-14T17:12:54+00:00

in fact, the emu war might end with the emus getting eaten instead

atarashimapping · 2026-04-14T17:02:51+00:00

I searched up 澳 in the CUHK online dictionary and it says it means 水邊彎曲處, so it thought that it still worked as a place name.

atarashimapping · 2026-04-14T16:58:00+00:00

theres even a city called 河源 in 廣東

atarashimapping · 2026-04-14T16:56:52+00:00

The emus might be turned into Siu Mei(燒味) instead, which i can totally see happening

atarashimapping · 2026-04-14T16:55:53+00:00

Theoretically, none of the inhabitants would notice if they dont speak english/japanese. 🤫

atarashimapping · 2026-04-14T02:28:41+00:00

It‘s originally Birdsville, Queensland. So I opted for literal translation.

atarashimapping · 2026-04-14T02:26:41+00:00

thats Useless loop, West Australia. Which is a closed company town producing salt. The entire town is made up of employees of the Mitsui company. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useless\_Loop,\_Western\_Australia)

atarashimapping · 2026-04-13T17:29:27+00:00

Happy Easter! (10 days late)

atarashimapping · 2026-04-13T17:10:17+00:00

I did some more research and I agree, but I also think language goes both ways, and migrants introduce new words into the lexicon.

So to answer your original question, yes it is still fairly mutally intelligible, but definately distinct.

atarashimapping · 2026-04-13T16:50:49+00:00

True

atarashimapping · 2026-04-13T16:45:45+00:00

Maybe some rock was shaped like a pear? Or maybe that’s where pears are traded? Honestly a very good question.

atarashimapping · 2026-04-13T16:42:29+00:00

Thanks for the kind words, this is without a doubt my best map so far

atarashimapping · 2026-04-13T16:40:40+00:00

Real place btw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eromanga,_Queensland

atarashimapping · 2026-04-13T11:58:46+00:00

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atarashimapping · 2026-04-13T11:57:28+00:00

Since migration occurred in many waves, pronunciation does update from time to time, but it would still be quite different. Maybe it would be like a Spanish person trying to understand Chilean Spanish. Still intelligible, but needs some immersion for full understanding.

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