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It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (originally Korea), with different standardized official forms used in each country. It is a recognised minority language in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County of Jilin Province, China. It is also spoken in parts of Sakhalin, Russia and Central Asia. | It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (originally Korea), with different standardized official forms used in each country. It is a recognised minority language in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County of Jilin Province, China. It is also spoken in parts of Sakhalin, Russia and Central Asia. | ||
===Sources== | |||
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_language | |||
==Korean Dictionaries== | ==Korean Dictionaries== | ||
Revision as of 20:26, 5 November 2021
Hi Polyglots! 😃
Welcome to the Korean learning page!
You will find below many free resources to learn and practice this language.
Enjoy your learning journey with Polyglot Club! 😊
Facts about Korean
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
kor
- Autonyms (how to write "Korean" in Korean):
South Korean: 한국어/韓國語, hangugeo; North Korean: 조선말/朝鮮말, chosŏnmal
- Other names for "Korean":
Chaoxian, Chaoxianyu, Chaoyu, Hangouyu, Hanguohua, Hanyu, Zanichi Korean, Guk-eo, Goryeomal, Koryomal
- The Korean language is spoken in:
South Korea
Korean is an East Asian language spoken by about 77 million people, mainly Korean, as of 2010. It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (originally Korea), with different standardized official forms used in each country. It is a recognised minority language in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County of Jilin Province, China. It is also spoken in parts of Sakhalin, Russia and Central Asia.
=Sources
Korean Dictionaries
• National institute of the Korean language 국립국어원 표준국어대 사전 : Standard Korean language dictionary (+ audio)
• Learner's dictionary, Korean-English
• ZKorean: Korean-English dictionary
• Impact: Korean-English dictionary, phrases translation
• Daum: Korean-English dictionary
• Naver: Korean-English dictionary
• Kordut: Korean-Dutch-English dictionary
• Loecsen: Korean-English common phrases (+ audio)
• Goethe-Verlag: Korean-English common phrases & illustrated vocabulary (+ audio)
• Practical Korean expressions for foreigners: Korean-English common phrases [PDF] (National institute of the Korean language)
• Defense Language Institute: basic vocabulary (+ audio)
• Life in Korea: common phrases, vocabulary
• Korean phrasebook (2007)
• Korean phrasebook, Lonely Planet (2002)
• Modern conversational Korean (1995)
• Korean-English dictionary by James Gale (1898)
• Corean words and phrases, handbook and pocket dictionary for visitors to Corea, by John Hodge (1902)
• Korean kinship terminology by Ross King, in Korean language in culture and society (2006)