Korean

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Korean is an East Asian language spoken primarily in both North and South Korea, known for its unique Hangul writing system and distinct linguistic structure.

All labels observed (9)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf East Asian language
language
alsoUsesWritingSystem Hanja
creatorOfWritingSystem Sejong the Great (for Hangul)
linked to: Sejong the Great
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasDialect Chungcheong dialect
Gangwon dialect
Gyeongsang dialect
Hamgyong dialect
Hwanghae dialect
Jeju dialect
Jeolla dialect
hasGrammaticalFeature honorific system
postpositions
speech level system
topic-prominent structure
verb-final clauses
hasHistoricalStage Early Modern Korean
linked to: Korean

Middle Korean
Old Korean
linked to: Korean
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Classical Chinese
English
Japanese
Sino-Korean vocabulary
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature three-way consonant distinction for stops and affricates
vowel harmony (partially preserved)
hasStandardForm Standard Korean (North Korea)
linked to: Pyongyang dialect

Standard Korean (South Korea)
linked to: Korean
hasStandardizationEvent creation of Hangul in 1443–1444
historicalWritingDirection top-to-bottom
iso639-1Code ko
iso639-2Code kor
iso639-3Code kor
languageFamily Koreanic
nativeName 조선말
한국어
numberOfSpeakersEstimate about 75 million
officialLanguageOf North Korea
South Korea
primaryCountry North Korea
South Korea
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn China
Japan
Russia
United States (heritage language)
region Korean Peninsula
scriptType alphabetic
standardBasedOnDialect Pyongyang dialect
Seoul dialect
usedIn K-pop lyrics
Korean dramas and films
Korean literature
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystem Hangul

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Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hangul nativeLanguageOf Korean language
linked to: Korean
Hangul writingSystemFor Korean language
linked to: Korean
Korean hasStandardForm Standard Korean (South Korea)
linked to: Korean
Korean hasHistoricalStage Old Korean
linked to: Korean
Korean hasHistoricalStage Early Modern Korean
linked to: Korean
Gustaf John Ramstedt notableWork A Korean Grammar
linked to: Korean
Gojoseon language Old Korean
linked to: Korean
Silla officialLanguage Old Korean
linked to: Korean
Koreans languageFamily Koreanic languages
linked to: Korean
Baekje officialLanguage Old Korean
linked to: Korean
ROKN nativeNameLanguage Korean
Korean Braille language Korean language
linked to: Korean
Hangul Day relatedTo Korean language
linked to: Korean
Joseongeul languageOf Korean language
linked to: Korean
Sojin usedInLanguage Korean language
linked to: Korean
Yue hasLanguageOfOrigin Korean language
linked to: Korean
Fred Lukoff workedOn Korean language
linked to: Korean
McCune–Reischauer appliesToLanguage Korean language
linked to: Korean
Seoul dialect language Korean language
linked to: Korean
Seoul dialect basisFor Standard Korean
linked to: Korean
Pyongyang dialect language Korean language
linked to: Korean
Middle Korean follows Old Korean
linked to: Korean
Middle Korean ancestorOf Modern Korean
linked to: Korean
Middle Korean ancestorOf Standard Korean
linked to: Korean
Jeolla dialect languageFamily Koreanic languages
linked to: Korean
Jeolla dialect partOfLanguage Korean language
linked to: Korean
Chungcheong dialect standardRelative Standard Korean
linked to: Korean
Gangwon dialect languageFamily Koreanic languages
linked to: Korean
Gangwon dialect subfamily Korean language
linked to: Korean
Gangwon dialect differsFrom Standard Korean
linked to: Korean
Gangwon dialect isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Standard Korean
linked to: Korean
Gangwon dialect standardLanguage Standard Korean
linked to: Korean
Hwanghae dialect subfamily Korean language
linked to: Korean
Hwanghae dialect standardRelative Standard Korean
linked to: Korean
Jeju dialect closelyRelatedTo Standard Korean
linked to: Korean
Jeju dialect hasLoanwordsFrom Standard Korean
linked to: Korean
Martine Robbeets hasWorkedOnLanguageFamily Koreanic languages
linked to: Korean
Yeo languageOfOrigin Korean language
linked to: Korean