Seoul dialect
| Gyeonggi | |
|---|---|
| Seoul | |
| 경기 방언 | |
| Native to | South Korea, North Korea |
| Region | Seoul National Capital Area (Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province), Southeastern North Hwanghae Province (city of Kaesong, Kaepung and Changpung counties), Yeongseo |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | seou1239 |
The Gyeonggi dialect (경기 방언) or Seoul dialect (서울 사투리) of the Korean language is the basis of the standard language of both Koreas: South and North. It is spoken in the Seoul National Capital Area of South Korea, which includes the cities of Seoul and Incheon, as well as the whole Gyeonggi Province. It is also spoken in the city of Kaesong and the counties of Kaepung and Changpung in North Korea.
The vowels for e and ae are merged for young speakers and vowel length is not distinguished consistently, if at all. Among young speakers or in informal contexts, the postpositions -do (-도, "also"), -ro (-로, "to") and -go (-고, "and then") and their derivatives tend to be pronounced with -du (-두), -ru (-루) and -gu (-구). The sentence-final verb ending -yo tends to be pronounced with a schwa, which is sometimes transcribed as -yeo (-여) on the Internet in informal contexts.
Samchon (삼촌, "uncle") is usually pronounced as samchun (삼춘).
Young Seoul dialect speakers tend to end interrogative sentences (questions) with -nya? (-냐?). They also use unique intonations slightly different from those used by broadcast news readers. The informal ending -eo (-어) is also used quite commonly in both Seoul dialect questions and sentences.
The Seoul accent can be divided into three variations: conservative, general, and modified. The conservative form is often found in those who have been born or have lived in Seoul before the industrialisation in the 1970s (i.e. old natives in Seoul). To some people, this can slightly sound like a North Korean accent. Good examples can be found in speeches of a Seoul-born famous singer, Lee Mun-se. Older broadcast recordings (especially those from the 1980s at least) can also be typical examples of this accent. The accent used in the Daehan News, a government-made film-based news media, may be a humorous version of this accent.
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