Korean (South Korean: 한국어, Hanguk-eo; North Korean: 조선어, Chosŏnŏ) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the...
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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...
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South Korean standard language or Pyojuneo (Korean: 남한 표준어; Hanja: 南韓의 標準語; lit. Standard language) is the South Korean standard version of the Korean language...
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A number of Korean dialects (Korean: 한국어의 방언) are spoken on the Korean Peninsula. The peninsula is very mountainous and each dialect's "territory" corresponds...
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Korean standard language or Munhwaŏ (Korean: 문화어; Hancha: 文化語; lit. "cultural language") is the North Korean standard version of the Korean language....
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Canada, United States, and Japan are also of Korean ethnic descent. The Korean language is the native language spoken by the vast majority of the population...
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Korean Sign Language or KSL (Korean: 한국 수화 언어 or short name 한국 수어) is a sign language used for deaf communities of South Korea. It is one of two official...
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Old Korean (North Korean name: 고대 조선어; South Korean name: 고대 한국어) is the first historically documented stage of the Korean language, typified by the language...
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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...
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Korea (Korean: 한국, romanized: Hanguk in South Korea, or 조선, Chosŏn in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula...
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Republic of Korea in the south. North Korean invasion of South Korea in 1950 started the Korean War. In 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement brought about...
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The writing system of the Korean language is a syllabic alphabet of character parts (jamo) organized into character blocks (geulja) representing syllables...
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The Korean Language Society (Korean: 한글 학회) is a society of hangul and Korean language research, founded in 1908 by Ju Sigyeong. It promotes hangul exclusive...
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marks, boxes, or other symbols. Zainichi Korean is a variety of Korean as spoken by Zainichi Koreans (ethnic Korean citizens or residents of Japan). The speech...
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This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (김), followed by Lee...
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National Institute of Korean Language (NIKL; Korean: 국립국어원) is a language regulator of the Korean language based in Seoul, South Korea. It was created on...
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the Jeju language are spoken by members of the Korean diaspora who settled in China before 1949. The educational standard is the North Korean standard...
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Association for Korean Language Education (IAKLE; Korean: 국제한국어교육학회), founded in 1985, is the world's largest organization of Korean language teachers, with...
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Vovin suggests Proto-Korean is equivalent to the variant of Koreanic languages spoken in southern Manchuria and northern Korean peninsula by the time...
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are absent in Korean. Most of the Jeju lexicon is Koreanic, and the language preserves many Middle Korean words now lost in Standard Korean. Jeju may also...
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Rosé (singer) (redirect from Rose (Korean singer))
name Rosé (Korean: 로제), is a New Zealand and South Korean singer. Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, Rosé signed with South Korean label YG Entertainment...
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The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of...
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Middle Korean is the period in the history of the Korean language succeeding Old Korean and yielding in 1600 to the Modern period. The boundary between...
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The romanization of Korean (Korean: 로마자 표기법; RR: romaja pyogibeop) is the use of the Latin script to transcribe the Korean language. There are multiple...
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The Yukjin dialect (Yukjin: Korean: 뉴웁말; Hanja: 六鎭말; RR: Nyuupmal) is a variety of Korean or a separate Koreanic language spoken in the historic Yukjin...
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Korean language well. South Korea still uses some Chinese Hanja characters in limited areas, such as print media and legal documentation. The Korean language...
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referring to either or both modern Korean countries, and even the user's political views on the Korean conflict. The name Korea is an exonym, derived from Goryeo...
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Korean terms for names exist. For full names, seongmyeong (Korean: 성명; Hanja: 姓名), seongham (성함; 姓銜), or ireum (이름) are commonly used. When a Korean name...
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South Korea. It was developed by the National Academy of the Korean Language from 1995 and was released to the public on 7 July 2000 by South Korea's Ministry...
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Korean drama (Korean: 한국 드라마; RR: Hanguk deurama), also known as K-drama or Koreanovela, refers to Korean-language television shows made in South Korea...
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