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  2. List of English words of Korean origin - Wikipedia

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    Word Korean word Explanation Merriam-Webster Oxford Remarks Chaebol: jaebeol 재벌 (財閥) a large, usually family-owned, business group in South Korea (cognate with Japanese Zaibatsu) Hangul: hangeul 한글: Korean alphabet: Jeonse: jeonse 전세 (傳貰) a long-held renting arrangement where tenants pay lump-sum deposit for usually two ...

  3. Origin of Hangul - Wikipedia

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    Note the dots on the vowels, the geometric symmetry of s and j in the first two syllables, the asymmetrical lip at the top-left of the d in the third, and the distinction between initial and final ieung in the last. Hangul ( Korean : 한글) is the native script of Korea. It was created in the mid fifteenth century by King Sejong, [1] [2] as ...

  4. Korean language - Wikipedia

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    The Sino-Korean words were deliberately imported alongside corresponding Chinese characters for a written language and everything was supposed to be written in Hanja, so the coexistence of Sino-Korean would be more thorough and systematic than that of Latinate words in English. The exact proportion of Sino-Korean vocabulary is a matter of debate.

  5. History of Korean - Wikipedia

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    Old Korean ( 고대 한국어, 古代韓國語, to 918), the earliest attested stage of the language, through to the fall of Unified Silla. Many authors include the few inscriptions from Silla in the Three Kingdoms period. Authors differ on whether the poorly attested speech of the Goguryeo and Baekje kingdoms and Gaya Confederacy were dialects ...

  6. Konglish - Wikipedia

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    Konglish words may or may not have a similar meaning to the original word when used, and a well-known brand name can become a generalized trademark and replace the general word: older Korean people tend to use the word babari ("Burberry") or babari-koteu ("Burberry coat"), which came from Japanese bābari-kōto (meaning "gabardine raincoat") to ...

  7. List of Korean placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The Shinto shrines enforced by the government still exist in Korea, in the Japanese language. The issue when looking at Korean etymology after the Japanese occupation is that many inherited Korean words can be confused for Japanese loan words. Japan and Korea have historical contact that began in prehistory, and this has led to loan words ...

  8. North–South differences in the Korean language - Wikipedia

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    The Korean language has diverged between North and South Korea due to the length of time that the two states have been separated.. The Korean Language Society in 1933 made the "Proposal for Unified Korean Orthography" (Korean: 한글 맞춤법 통일안; RR: Hangeul Matchumbeop Tong-iran), which continued to be used by both Korean states after the end of Japanese rule in 1945.

  9. Koreanic languages - Wikipedia

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    Koreanic is a small language family consisting of the Korean and Jeju languages. The latter is often described as a dialect of Korean but is distinct enough to be considered a separate language. Alexander Vovin suggested that the Yukjin dialect of the far northeast should be similarly distinguished. Korean has been richly documented since the ...

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