한국말

hangukmal · TOPIK 2

Korean language (spoken)

🇰🇷 한국말 = 한국 (Korea, 韓國) + 말 (speech): Korea-speech

한국 is the Sino-Korean name for Korea (韓國, Han nation). 말 is a native Korean word meaning speech or words. Compare 한국어, where 어 (語) is the formal Sino-Korean suffix for language; 말 is the everyday spoken-language version.

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