모국어

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 母國語, from 母國 (“motherland”) + 語 (“language”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmo̞(ː)ɡuɡʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [모(ː)구거]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mogugeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mogug'eo
McCune–Reischauer?mogugŏ
Yale Romanization?mōkwuk.e

Noun

모국어 • (mogugeo) (hanja 母國語)

  1. mother tongue (first language)
  2. language of one's homeland
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