Korean dialects
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Korean is spoken in a number of different dialects around the Korean peninsula. The peninsula is extremely mountainous, and each dialect's "territory" corresponds closely to the natural boundaries between different geographical regions. Most of the dialects are named for one of Korea's traditional Eight Provinces.
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[edit] Standard dialects
- Standard Korean (표준어) is defined as "Modern Seoul dialect widely used by well educated persons"(교양있는 사람들이 두루 쓰는 현대 서울말).
- Seoul dialect is the basis of the standard dialect in South Korea, and is spoken in Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi in South Korea, as well as around Kaesŏng in North Korea. This way of speaking features a quiet voice and sounds more formal.
- P'yŏng'an dialect(평안방언) is the standard dialect in North Korea, and is spoken in P'yŏngyang, the P'yŏng'an region, and Chagang Province. The Pyongan dialect sounds more like how people spoke in the old days. This dialect is heavily accented and you can clearly tell who is from this reigon.
[edit] Regional dialects
- Hamgyŏng dialect is used in the Hamgyŏng (Kwanbuk & Kwannam) region and Ryanggang Province of North Korea as well as the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of northeast China (in Jilin).
- Hwanghae dialect is used in the Hwanghae (Haesŏ) region of North Korea.
- Gangwon dialect is used in Gangwon Province in South Korea and neighbouring Kangwŏn Province in North Korea.
- Chungcheong dialect is used in the Chungcheong(Hoseo) region of South Korea, including the city of Daejeon.
- Gyeongsang dialect (경상방언) is used in the Gyeongsang (Yeongnam) region of South Korea, including the cities of Busan, Daegu, and Ulsan. This dialect differs greatly from the Seoul dialect because it is spoken in a rough, more aggresive tone.
- Jeolla dialect is used in the Jeolla (Honam) region of South Korea, including the city of Gwangju.
- Jeju dialect is spoken on Jeju Island, off the southwest coast of South Korea.
[edit] Outside of the Korean peninsula
- Koryo-mar, usually identified as a descendant of the Hamgyŏng dialect, is spoken by the Koryo-saram, ethnic Koreans in the former USSR. It consists of a Korean base vocabulary, but takes many loanwords and calques from Russian and the Turkic languages.
[edit] See also
- Korean language North-South differences
- List of Korea-related topics
- Eight Provinces (Korea)
- Regions of Korea
[edit] External Links
- Tsushima Dialect (in Japanese)
- 対馬の方言(in Japanese)
- 対馬の方言(in Japanese)
- 言 語(in Japanese)
