Korean
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Learn Korean (Introduction) — Reading and writing • |
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Welcome to the Korean Wikibook, a free textbook for learning Korean.
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[edit] Introduction
Korean is the official language of both Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Republic of Korea (South Korea). It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. Worldwide, there are about 80 million Korean speakers, with large groups in various Post-Soviet states, as well as in China, Australia, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Japan, and the Philippines.
In the Republic of Korea, the language is most often called 한국말 (Han-gung-mal), or more formally, 한국어 (Han-gug-eo) or 국어 (Gug-eo; literally "national language"). In North Korea and Yanbian, the language is most often called 조선말 (Chosŏnmal), or more formally, 조선어 (Chosŏnŏ).
Experts are still not completely sure of the origins of the Korean language, although it is generally believed to come from the Altaic language tree. It is an agglutinative language, so it has some certain special characteristics that are unlike English. A student of Chinese languages will quickly notice that Korean shares much of their vocabulary, while a Japanese student will also notice similarities in grammar.
Feel free to use English Wiktionary's Korean language Category as a reference for these courses. New students to this type of language may initially progress slowly, but as study progresses, previously unfamiliar aspects of Korean will begin to make sense and new concepts will be more easily learned. Korean grammar is complex but surprisingly also very simple, and always very fun to learn.
[edit] Reading and writing
- Alphabet Introduction
- Learn to read, write and pronounce Korean (course)
- Principles of Orthography
- Essential Pronunciation Rules
- Advanced Pronunciation Rules
- Mini-tutorial Lesson
- Getting started on Hanjas
[edit] Grammar
[edit] Vocabulary
- Expert Hanja Hanja Terms for Expert Level Learners
- Expert Terms for Expert Level Learners
[edit] Conversation
[edit] 1단계 (LEVEL I): Beginner
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[edit] 2단계 (LEVEL II): High beginner
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[edit] 3단계 (LEVEL III): Low intermediate
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[edit] 4단계 (LEVEL IV): High intermediate |
[edit] 5단계 (LEVEL V): Low advanced |
[edit] 6단계 (LEVEL VI): Advanced |
[edit] External Links
[edit] About this Book
[edit] About the Authors
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Learn Korean (Introduction) — Reading and writing • |
