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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 .
- Proto-Koreanic
Koreanic is a small language family consisting of the Korean...
- South Korean
Standard language) is the South Korean standard version of...
- North Korean
An example of North Korean standard language as spoken by...
- North–South Differences
The Korean language has diverged between North and South...
- Korean Honorifics
The Korean language has a system of honorifics that...
- Defense Language Aptitude Battery
The Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) is a test used...
- Korean Dialects
A number of Korean dialects (Korean: 한국어의 방언) are spoken on...
- Old Korean
Old Korean (North Korean name: 고대 조선어; South Korean name: 고대...
- English
The Korean Wikipedia ( Korean: 한국어 위키백과, romanized...
- Outline of the Korean language
The following outline is provided as an overview of and...
- Proto-Koreanic
Beginning. Writing. References. Korean language. Spoken Korean. Hanbid speaking Korean. The Korean language is spoken mainly in North and South Korea. It is spoken by more than 78 million people (most are North or South Koreans). In South Korea, it is called hangukmal (한국말) or hangugeo ( Hangeul: 한국어, Hanja: 韓國語).
Hangul is the official writing system throughout Korea, both North and South. It is a co-official writing system in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County in Jilin Province, China. Hangul has also seen limited use by speakers of the Cia-Cia language in Indonesia.
History of Korean. The traditional periodization of Korean distinguishes: [1] [2] Old Korean ( 고대 한국어, 古代韓國語, to 918), the earliest attested stage of the language, through to the fall of Unified Silla. Many authors include the few inscriptions from Silla in the Three Kingdoms period.
Korean at a glance. Native name: 한국어 [韓國語] (hanguk-eo) - South Korea 조선말 [朝鮮말] (chosŏn-mal) - North Korea. Language family: Koreanic. Number of speakers: c. 81.8 million. Spoken in: South Korea, North Korea, China, USA, Japan, Uzbekistan, and other countries. First written: 7th century AD.
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