Modern Korean descends from Middle Korean, which in turn descends from Old Korean, which descends from the Proto-Koreanic language, … See more

The Korean names for the language are based on the names for Korea used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word … See more

Korean syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), consisting of an optional onset consonant, glide /j, w, ɰ/ and final coda /p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, l/ surrounding a core vowel.
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The core of the Korean vocabulary is made up of native Korean words. However, a significant proportion of the vocabulary, … See more

Korean is a member of the Koreanic family along with the Jeju language. Some linguists have included it in the Altaic family, but the core Altaic proposal itself has lost most of its … See more

Korean is an agglutinative language. The Korean language is traditionally considered to have nine parts of speech. Modifiers generally … See more

Before the creation of the modern Korean alphabet, known as Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea and as Hangul in South Korea, people in Korea … See more