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Korean is the official and national language of South and North Korea. In addition to these two countries, people from Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County of Jilin Province China also speak Korean as their minority language. Also, groups of people speak the language in parts of Sakhalin, Russia, and Central Asia. More than 77 million people worldwide speak Korean.

Influenced by the US, many loanwords are developed and used in daily communication by South Korean people. With pronunciations close to English, these loanwords derived from English are popularly used by the younger generation in today’s South Korean’s society. In contrast, there are fewer loanwords used in North Korea, for it is a comparably isolated country, which to some extent, differentiates between the language spoken in these two countries.

Korean also is an Asian language that is developed from a part of the Chinese characters. The Korean writing system is mixed with Hangul (Korean script) and Hanja (Chinese characters). But, in the contemporary day, Korean mostly use Hangul for their daily writing and reading instead of Hanja. Hanja is used for occasions that are formal and traditional only. Hangul is an alphabetic featural writing system developed in the 15th century, which is easier to read and understand than Hanja.

There are nine different Korean dialects in the world, while North Korean people speak a different Korean dialect than those in South Korea due to geographical and political reasons.

The standard dialect in South Korea is Seoul’s dialect. North Korean speak Seoul’s dialect mixed with Pyeongyang’s region’s dialect in general. Jeju is another well-known Korean dialect among those dialects, which is distinct from standard Korean in South Korea. Russia has a massive impact on the North Korean language, while the South Korean language has developed under the United States’ influence for years. Language itself is constantly changing, Korean or any other language in the world.

The Korean language has a distinctive grammatical structure, which postposition is challenging to understand and use following its special rules. Additionally, there are seven different levels of formality applied to the Korean language’s speaking and writing.

Based on which person is speaking and writing, different levels of formality will be used. Each level of formality requires different verb endings. Hence, a linguist must be wary of using the appropriate middle range when translating suitable user-friendly content. However intricate or complex your project is, our expertly qualified translators and linguistic engineers will take care of it. Start and translate the Korean language now by contacting us.