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The Hangul and Hanzi scripts predominate in government and commercial correspondence with Minhay's traditional trade partners, the Kingdom of Goguryeo and the Ming Empire.  Hanzi is used with other East Asian countries that also use the script for commerce and international correspondence.  Hangul, also widely used in East Asia, is employed by the Minhast for trade and diplomatic purposes.

The Gull Speakers are the principal group that use these East Asian scripts, as they achieved dominance in international commerce amongst all the other Minhast groups.  Mandarin and Korean, and to a lesser extent, Japanese, are both widely taught in Gull Speaker schools as a second language, especially in the Gull Speaker prefectural capital Kissamut.  The Salmon Speakers are the second group that use the Hanzi and Hangul systems most often; the scripts are used almost exclusively with their Ainu neighbours, who use the Japanese ''kana'' script, which is virtually unknown to the Minhast; the disastrous Tokugawa Wars, which led to the defeat, occupation, and annexation of over 90% of Honshu and significant swaths of Kyushu by the Goguryeo-Ainu alliance, cut off Minhay from Japan.  The isolation of Japan by Goguryeo's effective blockade prevented the importation of the Japanese scripts into Minhay