Languages
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Language: 언어(言語) 어 (語) is the Korean-Chinese word for language. This can easily be replaced with 말, the native Korean word for language, in any of the examples that contain 어 below. Note that the only exception is 영어 and 일어 (yet there is such thing as 일본말) which are always usually 영어 and 일어.
List
※ For more than one word for each, the most frequently used words come first.
- 한국어 (韓國語) - Korean (South)
- 북한어(北韓語) - Korean (North); Originally North Korean is almost same with what South Korean people speak, but is used to distinguish those two individually.
- 조선어 - Korean; 조선어 refers to Korean, which was commonly used during the early 1900's under Japanese rule. This is not used anymore.
- 영어 - English
- 일본어/일어 (日本語/日語) - Japanese
- 중국어 (中國語) - Chinese
- 광동어 - Cantonese
- 독일어, 독어(獨語) - German
- 프랑스어, 불어(佛語), 불란서어(佛蘭西語; 불란서 is a transliterated form of France) - French
- 스팬어, 에스파냐어,스페인어, 서반아어(西班牙語; 서반아 is a transliterated form of España)- Spanish
- 포르투갈어 - Portuguese
- 이탈리아어, 이태리어(伊太利語; 이태리 is a transliterated form of Italy) - Italian
- 러시아어, 노어(露語), 아어(俄語), 노서아어(露西亞語; 노서아 is a transliterated form of Russia) - Russian
- 아랍어, 아라비아어 - Arabic
- 필리핀 어/타갈로그 - Philippine language/ Tagalog