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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 ...
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 .
Na Jae-min. Na Jae-min ( Korean : 나재민; born August 13, 2000), known mononymously as Jaemin, is a South Korean singer. After training for three years, Jaemin debuted in August 2016 as a member of South Korean boy group NCT [ 1] through the sub-unit NCT Dream, [ 2] which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea.
Indonesian speaker. 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 ...
Korean has 19 consonant phonemes. [ 1] For each plosive and affricate, there is a three-way contrast between unvoiced segments, which are distinguished as plain, tense, and aspirated . The "plain" segments, sometimes referred to as "lax" or "lenis," are considered to be the more "basic" or unmarked members of the Korean obstruent series.
Old Korean (North Korean name: 고대 조선어; South Korean name: 고대 한국어) is the first historically documented stage of the Korean language, [ 1] typified by the language of the Unified Silla period (668–935). The boundaries of Old Korean periodization remain in dispute. Some linguists classify the sparsely attested languages of ...
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 ...