Korean Language

chosŏn-mal) is an East Asian language spoken by about 77

million people. It is a member of the Koreanic language family and is the official and national language of both Koreas: North Korea and South Korea, with different standardized official forms used in each country. It is a recognised minority language in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County of Jilin province, China. It is also spoken in parts of Sakhalin, Russia, and Central Asia.[3][4] Historical and modern linguists classify Korean as a language isolate;[5][6][7] however, it does have a few extinct relatives, which together with Korean itself and the Jeju language (spoken in the Jeju Province and considered somewhat distinct) form the Koreanic language family. The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in Manchuria

Joseon-small ) - the language of the Koreans and the

two states of the Korean Peninsula : DPRK and the Republic of Korea . It is also distributed to one degree or another in China , Japan , the USA , Russia , and the countries of Central Asia . The total number of speakers is about 78 million people. Korean is an isolated agglutinative language with the SOV word order

Countries: Republic of Korea , DPRK , PRC , Japan , USA , Canada. Official Status: State language Republic of Korea , DPRK Regional language, China Yanbian Korean Autonomous Region. Total number of speakers: 78 million people. Category: Languages of Euroasia ,Isolated. Writing: Hangul,Hancha

modern Korean of the languages ​​of the Three Korean kingdoms

- Baekje , Silla and Kogurye , although all three languages ​​show similarities in vocabulary and (as far as hieroglyphic notation can be judged ) grammatical structure . According to some linguists, of the indicated languages, the smallest similarity is found by the Kogurye , who is considered by some linguists to be the ancestor or the closest relative of the Japanese language . The silla language , in contrast, is most often regarded as the ancestor of the Korean language. One of the first on the possible relationship of Korean and Japanese languages ​​drew the attention of Ogur Simpei . In modern western linguistics, Korean, Japanese and ancient languages of the Korean peninsula are often combined into a group of Buyeo languages on the name of the kingdom Buyeo

the phonetic Hangul , specially designed for it in the

15th century, is used . In addition to hanyul are hancha - Chinese characters . In North Korea, only Hangul is used ; in South Korea, both Hangul and Hancha are used.

In the 1930s , a campaign was conducted in the USSR to Latinize Korean writing . The Latinized alphabet was approved in 1935 , but was not used in practice [4] [5] .

From the 15th to the 20th century, mixed letters existed in Korea , similar to Japanese modern writing : the roots of words were written in Hancha, and the variable part of the word was written in Hangul.

Main article: Hancha
Hancha - a script based on Chinese characters that complements or replaces Hangul. Used only in South Korea. The appearance of some Korean characters is different from that used in China.

century, is used . In addition to hanyul are hancha  - Chinese characters . In North Korea,

only Hangul is used ; in South Korea, both Hangul and Hancha are used.
In the 1930s , a campaign was conducted in the USSR to Latinize Korean writing . The Latinized alphabet was approved in 1935 , but was not used in practice [4] [5] .
From the 15th to the 20th century, mixed letters existed in Korea , similar to Japanese modern writing : the roots of words were written in Hancha, and the variable part of the word was written in Hangul.
Main article: Hancha
Hancha - a script based on Chinese characters that complements or replaces Hangul. Used only in South Korea. The appearance of some Korean characters is different from that used in China.