야민정음

Korean

Etymology

Blend of 야 (ya, clipping of 야구 갤러리 (yagu gaelleori), the DC Inside baseball forum) +‎ 훈민정음(訓民正音) (hunminjeong'eum).

See 야 (ya) for details.

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yaminjeong'eum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yaminjeong'eum
McCune–Reischauer?	yaminjŏngŭm
Yale Romanization?	yāmin.cengum

Noun

야민정음 • (yaminjeong'eum) (hanja 野民正音)

1. A humorous form of speaking online, where hangul syllables are replaced by visually similar hangul syllables.