방언

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pa̠ŋʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [방언]

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)