방언

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 方言 (“dialect, patois”)

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bang'eon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bang'eon
McCune–Reischauer?pangŏn
Yale Romanization?pangen

Noun

방언 • (bang'eon) (hanja 方言)

  1. (linguistics, formal) dialect, patois
    언어학이란 학문에 있어, 언어와 방언의 차이는 매우 모호하다 할 수 있겠습니다.
    eoneohag-iran hangmun-e isseo, eoneo-wa bang'eon-ui chai-neun mae'u mohohada hal su itgetseumnida.
    In the academic field of linguistics, we may say that the distinction between a language and a dialect is very imprecise.

Synonyms
  • 사투리 (saturi) (chiefly non-academic, colloquially dominant)
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