Korean edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Korean word from 外國語, from 外國 + .

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈwe̞(ː)ɡuɡʌ̹] ~ [ˈø̞(ː)ɡuɡʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?oegugeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?oegug'eo
McCune–Reischauer?oegugŏ
Yale Romanization?ōykwuk.e

Noun edit

외국어 (oegugeo) (hanja 外國語)

  1. foreign language