모국어

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 母國語, from 母國 (“motherland”) + 語 (“language”)

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mogugeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mogug'eo
McCune–Reischauer?	mogugŏ
Yale Romanization?	mōkwuk.e

Noun

모국어 • (mogugeo) (hanja 母國語)

1. mother tongue (first language)
2. language of one's homeland