마인어

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 馬 (“Malaysia”) + 印 (“Indonesia”) + 語 (“language”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈma̠(ː)inʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [마(ː)이너]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	maineo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	main'eo
McCune–Reischauer?	mainŏ
Yale Romanization?	māin.e

Noun

마인어 • (maineo) (hanja 馬印語)

1. (linguistics) Malay language (Southeast Asian language of which Malaysian and Indonesian are the official standards)

Synonyms

• 말레이어 (malleieo, “Malay language”)