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Korean
Etymology
조선 (朝鮮, Joseon, “Korea”) + 말 (mal, “speech”)
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | joseonmal |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | joseonmal |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | chosŏnmal |
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| Yale Romanization? | cosenmal |
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Noun
조선말 • (joseonmal) (hanja 朝鮮말)
- (North Korea, Yanbian, Japan, dated in South Korea, somewhat uncommon in Koryo-mar) the Korean language
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:한국어
2019, 곽충구 [gwakchunggu, Kwak Chung-gu], 두만강 유역의 조선어 방언 사전 [duman'gang yuyeogui joseoneo bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of Korean Dialects of the Tumen River Area], volume II, Taehaksa, →ISBN, page 2833:이 연변 사람 다 자구배란 말이오. 이 조선말으 다 잘 아는 게 없고 한족말두 잘 아는 게 없고. (Yukjin)- I Yeonbyeon saram da jagubae-ran mar-i-o. I joseonmar-eu da jal aneun ge eopgo Hanjongmal-du jal aneun ge eopgo.
- All these people in Yanbian are culturally mixed. They don't know Korean well, and they don't know Chinese well either.
- (historical, South Korea) the Korean language in the context of the Joseon (1392—1910) or Japanese colonial (1910—1945) periods
- the North Korean form of modern Korean, as opposed to that spoken in South Korea