朝鮮말

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Korean

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Etymology

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朝鮮 ( 朝鮮 , Joseon , “Korea”) + ( mal , “speech”)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization ? joseonmal
Revised Romanization (translit.) ? joseonmal
McCune?Reischauer ? chos?nmal
Yale Romanization ? cosenmal

Noun

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朝鮮말 ? ( joseonmal ) ( hanja 朝鮮 )

  1. ( North Korea , Yanbian , Japan , dated in South Korea , somewhat uncommon in Koryo-mar ) the Korean language
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus: 韓國語
  2. ( historical , South Korea ) the Korean language in the context of the Joseon (1392?1910) or Japanese colonial (1910?1945) periods
  3. the North Korean form of modern Korean , as opposed to that spoken in South Korea