Seoul dialect

E231393

The Seoul dialect is the modern prestige variety of Korean used in Seoul and surrounding regions, serving as the basis for the standard Korean language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Korean dialect
prestige dialect
standard language variety
associatedWith modern urban culture of Seoul
basisFor Korean
surface form: Standard Korean
belongsToDialectGroup Seoul dialect self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gyeonggi dialect group
codifiedIn Standard Korean orthography
Standard Korean pronunciation rules
contrastsWith Chungcheong dialect
Gangwon dialect
Gyeongsang dialect
Jeju dialect
Jeolla dialect
country South Korea
hasConsonantSystem plain, tense, and aspirated stops
hasFeature frequent use of sentence-final particles like -거든요, -잖아요
lenition of intervocalic obstruents in casual speech
merger trend of /e/ and /ɛ/ vowels in younger speakers
relatively simple pitch accent compared to Gyeongsang dialects
relatively weak tonal distinction compared to North Korean Pyongyang speech
use of formal polite ending -습니다 (-seumnida)
use of sentence-final polite ending -요 (-yo)
widespread palatalization of /t/ and /tʰ/ before /i/ and /j/
hasHistoricalScript Hanja
hasRegister deferential speech
formal polite speech
informal polite speech
intimate speech
hasScript Hangul
hasVowelSystem seven-vowel system in conservative speech
historicalPredecessor Middle Korean spoken in the capital region
ISO639-3 kor
language Korean
surface form: Korean language
perceivedAs socially prestigious speech in South Korea
phonologicalSystem three-way laryngeal contrast in stops and affricates
prestigeIn South Korea
region Northwest South Korea
standardizedBy National Institute of Korean Language
underInfluenceOf education policy in South Korea
mass media
usedAs broadcast language in South Korea
language of education in South Korea
language of government in South Korea
usedIn Gyeonggi Province
Incheon NERFINISHED
Seoul
Seoul Capital Area
writingDirection left-to-right
writingStandardFor South Korea

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Korean standardBasedOnDialect Seoul dialect
NIKL languageRegulated Seoul dialect
this entity surface form: Standard Korean
Gyeongsang dialect differsFrom Seoul dialect
this entity surface form: Standard Korean
Gyeongsang dialect mutuallyIntelligibleWith Seoul dialect
this entity surface form: Standard Korean
Seoul dialect belongsToDialectGroup Seoul dialect self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gyeonggi dialect group
Pyongyang dialect subclassOf Seoul dialect
this entity surface form: Central Korean dialect
Pyongyang dialect contrastsWith Seoul dialect
this entity surface form: South Korean standard language
Gangwon dialect differsFrom Seoul dialect