North Korea Language

The North Korea language is referred as "Cultured Language"or locally called munhwa, which uses the regional dialect of P'yongyang as its proper standard.

The "Standard Language"of North Korea is (p'yojuno) which is based on the Seoul dialect. North Korean citizens describe Standard Language as "coquettish" and "decadent,". Abundance of English and Japanese loanwords are found in this language. There were two documents published "instructions," by Kim Il Sung, "Some Problems Related to the Development of the Korean Language," promulgated in 1964, and "On the Development of the National Language: Conversations with Linguists," published in 1966 which define basic policy concerning Cultured Language.

The Korean language falls under the category of Ural-Altaic language which is a group including Mongolian, Hungarian, and Finnish. The Korean character system, "Hangul", is entirely different from that of Chinese and Japanese. A group of scholars developed 'Hangul' under the patronage of King Sejong in 1443. It comprises of 10 vowels and 14 consonants. Well known for its scientific syllabic system, this unique phonetic alphabet allows great freedom of expression.

The origin of the Korean language is as vague as the origins of the Korean people. 19th century brought about the discovery of the Korean language by the western scholars. Ural-Altaic, Japanese, Chinese, Tibetan, Dravidian, Ainu, Indo-European and other languages came upon as external influence.

Altaic, Korean and Japanese are not explicitly similar share common features in case of vowels, harmony and lack of conjunctions. The North Korea language have nay unique element in their grammar and vocabulary.

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