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Korean ( South Korean: 한국어, Hangugeo; North Korean: 조선말, Chosŏnmal) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. [ a][ 2] It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea .
The Korean language has a system of linguistic honorifics that reflects the social status of participants. Speakers use honorifics to indicate their social relationship with the addressee and/or subject of the conversation, concerning their age, social status, gender, degree of intimacy, and situation. One basic rule of Korean honorifics is ...
Indonesian ( Bahasa Indonesia; [baˈhasa indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. [ 8] It is a standardized variety of Malay, [ 9] an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca in the multilingual Indonesian archipelago for centuries.
Basic Korean Dictionary ( Korean : 한국어기초사전; Hanja : 韓國語基礎辭典) is an online learner's dictionary of the Korean language, launched on 5 October 2016 by the National Institute of Korean Language. [1] It consists of one monolingual and ten bilingual dictionaries that provide meanings of Korean words and expressions in ...
Koreanic is a small language family consisting of the Korean and Jeju languages. The latter is often described as a dialect of Korean but is distinct enough to be considered a separate language. Alexander Vovin suggested that the Yukjin dialect of the far northeast should be similarly distinguished. Korean has been richly documented since the ...
The Korean language has diverged between North and South Korea due to the length of time that the two states have been separated.. The Korean Language Society in 1933 made the "Proposal for Unified Korean Orthography" (Korean: 한글 맞춤법 통일안; RR: Hangeul Matchumbeop Tong-iran), which continued to be used by both Korean states after the end of Japanese rule in 1945.
The South Korean standard language or Pyojuneo ( Korean : 표준어; Hanja : 標準語; lit. Standard language) is the South Korean standard version of the Korean language. It is based on the Seoul dialect, although various words are borrowed from other regional dialects. It uses the Korean alphabet, created in December 1443 CE by the Joseon ...
Korean writing systems. The romanization of Korean ( Korean : 로마자 표기법; RR : romaja pyogibeop) is the use of the Latin script to transcribe the Korean language. Korea's alphabetic script, called Hangul, has historically been used in conjunction with Hanja (Chinese characters), though such practice has become infrequent.