Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 語學, from (language) + (learning)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)ɦa̠k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eohak
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eohag
McCune–Reischauer?ŏhak
Yale Romanization?ēhak

Noun

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어학 (eohak) (hanja 語學)

  1. linguistics
  2. learning a foreign language