Difference between revisions of "평안 dialect"

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Location

This is the standard dialect in North Korea. It's spoken in 자강도, 평안도, and the capital city 평양.

Pronunciation

Grammar

• North Korean adds 여 instead of 어 after compound vowels on verbs
• ㅂ irregular verbs always follow the normal rules when conjugating
• 《 and 》 are used for quotes (as opposed to “ ”, 『 』, and 「 」)

Vocabulary

• North Korean tends to use more Korean-based words and not use any foreign-words except some Russian-based words
• Anywhere you see 한 <韓>, replace it with 조선 <朝鮮>
• North Korean doesn't add a ㅅ to a Korean-root with no 받침 in compound words (like 젓가락 vs. 저가락)
• North Korean keeps ㄴ/ㄹ letters when they appear in the initial position in 한자 unlike South Korean (냉수 vs. 랭수) as well as in the middle or end of words (규률 vs. 규율).
• Spacing is used much less (못하다 vs. 못 하다)

Phrases

See also

• Korean language North-South differences on Wikipedia
• North Korean terms