Korean language
Hangul's spoken form
Korean is the official language of both North and South Korea, spoken by roughly 80 million people.
It uses Hangul, an alphabetic writing system created in the 15th century and prized for its logical design.
Korean vocabulary includes many loanwords from Chinese, and increasingly from English.
The language is known for its complex system of honorifics reflecting social relationships.
- KoreanOf the peninsula nation
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- honorificsRespectful name additions
- SeoulSouth Korean capital city
- native speakerOne who grew up speaking it
orthography · agglutination · morphology · script · syntax · BTS · soju · intonation · grammar · semantics · pragmatics · vocabulary · kimchi · polite · bibimbap · phonology · loan words · Korean drama
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