Korean
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- Language: Korean
- Alternate names: HANGUOHUA, HANGUK MAL
- SIL-code: Ethnologue:kor
- Language family: Isolate
- Number of speakers: 78000000
- Script: -
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Introduction
There is a difference of opinion among scholars as to whether or not Korean is related to Japanese. Some scholars suggest that both languages are possibly distantly related to Altaic. Dialect boundaries generally correspond to provincial boundaries. Some dialects are not easily intelligible with others (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977). The suffix -do on dialect names means 'province'. Comprehension of Standard Korean may be lower on Cheju Island. National language. Grammar. SOV. Higher adult illiteracy is reported on Cheju Island. Korean script (Hangul) used. The McCune-Reischauer system is the official Roman orthography in South Korea used for maps and signs. Buddhist, Christian. Bible 1911-1993.
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References
- Seok Choong Song. 201 Korean verbs fully conjugated in all the forms. edition. New York. 1988.