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Koryo-mar (Korean: 고려말; Russian: Корё мар) is a dialect of Korean spoken by Koryo-saram, ethnic Koreans who live in the countries of the former Soviet Union.It is descended from the Hamgyŏng dialect and multiple other varieties of Northeastern Korean. [1]
Table etiquette in South Korea can be traced back to the Confucian philosophies of the Joseon period. [1] [6] Traditionally when dining, South Koreans use cushions to sit on the floor and eat from a low table. [7] The floor is generally heated by the ondol, an underfloor heating system. This custom is still common at many restaurants in South ...
The word Bahasa in English is sometimes used to refer specifically to the Indonesian and Malay, this standalone usage however is considered incorrect within the language: [1] when referring to other languages, a non-capitalized bahasa ("language") is used preceding a toponym or ethnonym (e.g. bahasa Ingg[e]ris "English", bahasa Italia "Italian ...
Bahasa Indonesia is sometimes improperly reduced to Bahasa, which refers to the Indonesian subject (Bahasa Indonesia) taught in schools, on the assumption that this is the name of the language. But the word bahasa (a loanword from Sanskrit Bhāṣā) only means "language."
Indonesians in South Korea numbered 34,514 individuals as of August 2021, down from 41,599 in 2009 according to South Korean government statistics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] More than 90% of those are estimated to be migrant workers employed on short-term contracts.
North Korea's vocabulary maintenance, managed mainly by the National Language Decision Committee, was recorded in a work titled "Tatumunmal", accumulating up to 50,000 words by 1976. These newly introduced words undergo a strict distribution process and become accepted as Mwunhwae, the standard language, once they are established in widespread use.
The Korean language has diverged between North and South Korea due to the length of time that the two states have been separated. [1]The Korean Language Society in 1933 made the "Proposal for Unified Korean Orthography" (Korean: 한글 맞춤법 통일안; Hanja: 한글맞춤法統一案; RR: Hangeul Matchumbeop Tong-iran).
Indonesian slang vernacular (Indonesian: bahasa gaul, Betawi: basa gaul), or Jakarta colloquial speech (Indonesian: bahasa informal, bahasa sehari-hari) is a term that subsumes various urban vernacular and non-standard styles of expression used throughout Indonesia that are not necessarily mutually intelligible.