한국어(부산)

Korean (Busan)

Koreanic

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Busan Korean (부산말 / 경상도 사투리, Gyeongsang dialect spoken across Busan and the Gyeongsang-do provinces) is the most prominent and recognizable regional dialect in South Korea, distinguished from tonally-flat Seoul standard by a phonemic pitch-accent system inherited from Middle Korean and lost almost everywhere else (Hamgyong is the other holdout). Stereotyped as "kkonggi-bal" — gruff, rough, blunt — the dialect carries strong masculine and military associations, reinforced by ex-presidents Park Chung-hee and Kim Young-sam (both Gyeongsang natives) and by the Lotte Giants baseball club, whose Sajik Stadium chants are a national cultural anchor. Phonologically marked: -노/-나 sentence finals, simplified vowel inventory (ㅡ/ㅓ merger), and tonal HL minimal pairs (가가 가가? "Was that family the one?"). Heavy lexical retention of native verbs lost to standard.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Korean (Busan)

Water

/mul/

Fire

/pul/

Sun

/hɛ/

Moon

/tal/

Star

/pjʌl/

Mother

엄마

/ʌmma/

Father

아부지

/abudʑi/

I

/na/

You

/nʌ/

Name

이름

/iɾɯm/

Eye

/nun/

Hand

/son/

Heart

마음

/maɯm/

Love

사랑

/saɾaŋ/

Tree

나무

/namu/

House

/tɕip̚/

Dog

/kɛ/

Cat

고양이

/kojaŋi/

Eat

묵어

/muɡʌ/

Drink

마셔

/maɕjʌ/

One

하나

/hana/

Two

/tul/

Hello

안녕하이소

/annjʌŋhaiso/

Thank you

고맙습니다

/komap̚s͈ɯmnida/

Good

좋아

/tɕoa/

Cuckoo

부꾹새

/puk͈uk̚s͈ɛ/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Koreanic languages

Meaning Korean (Busan)Korean (DPRK)Yanbian KoreanKoreanKorean (Jeolla)Korean (Hamgyong)Jeju
Water /mul/ /mul/ /mul/ /mul/ /mul/ /mul/ /mul/
Fire /pul/ /pul/ /pul/ /pul/ /pul/ /pul/ /pul/
Sun /hɛ/ /hɛ/ /hɛ/ /hɛ/ /hɛ/ /hɛ/ /hɛ/
Moon /tal/ /tal/ /tal/ /tal/ /tal/ /tal/ /tal/
Star /pjʌl/ /pjʌl/ /pjʌl/ /pjʌl/ /pjəl/ /pjəl/ /pjʌl/
Mother 엄마 /ʌmma/ 어머니 /ʌmʌni/ 오마니 /omani/ 어머니 /ʌmʌni/ 어매 /ʌmɛ/ 어머이 /ʌmʌi/ 어멍 /ʌmʌŋ/
Father 아부지 /abudʑi/ 아버지 /abʌdʑi/ 아바이 /abai/ 아버지 /abʌdʑi/ 아베 /abe/ 아바이 /abai/ 아방 /abaŋ/
I /na/ /na/ /na/ /na/ /na/ /na/ /na/
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Word order compared

Compare with major world languages

Korean (Busan)
저는 호텔 맞은편 가게 ‌에서 양복을 입어보고 싶습니데이
أنا أريد أن أجرب بدلة رأيتها في محل مقابل الفندق
试穿 酒店 对面的 商店 看到的 那套西装
I want to try on a suit I saw ‌in a shop across from the hotel
Ich möchte einen Anzug anprobieren den ich in einem Geschäft gegenüber vom Hotel gesehen habe
मैं होटल के सामने एक दुकान में देखा सूट को पहनकर देखना चाहता हूँ
私は ホテルの 向かいの お店 見た スーツを 試着 したいです
Я хочу примерить костюм который я увидел в магазине напротив отеля

Compare with closely-related languages

저는 호텔 맞은편 가게 ‌에서 양복을 입어보고 싶수다
저는 호텔 맞은편 가게 ‌에서 양복을 입어보고 싶어요
Korean (Busan)
저는 호텔 맞은편 가게 ‌에서 양복을 입어보고 싶습니데이
저는 호텔 맞은편 가게 ‌에서 양복을 입어보고 싶습니다
저는 旅館 맞은편 가게 ‌에서 衣服을 입어보고 싶사이다

Han readings compared

Compared with related Koreanic languages

Character Korean (Busan)Middle KoreanKoreanZainichi Korean Sino-readingKorean (DPRK)Shao-Jiang MinGan Chinese (Yichun dialect)
ilH /il˥/ ·qilq /ʔilʔ˥/ il /il/ il /iɾɯ/ il /il/ it /it˨/ it¹ /it̚˨˦/
iH /i˥/ ·zi /zi˥/ i /i/ i /i/ i /i/ ngi /ŋi˧˥/ ŋ² /ŋ̩˦/
samH /sam˥/ sam /sam˩/ sam /sam/ sam /sam/ sam /sam/ sang /saŋ˦/ san³ /san˧˩/
saH /sa˥/ ·sʌ /sʌ˥/ sa /sa/ sa /sa/ sa /sa/ si /si˥/ si⁵ /sɿ˥/
o:LH /oː˩˧/ :ngwo /ŋo˩˥/ o /o/ o /o/ o /o/ ng /ŋ̍˧/ ŋ⁴ /ŋ̩˨˩˧/
yukH /juk˥/ ·lyuk /ljuk̚˥/ yuk /juk̚/ yuk /jukɯ/ ryuk /ɾjuk̚/ liuk /liuk˥/ liuq⁵ /liuʔ˥/
chilH /tɕʰil˥/ ·chilq /tsʰilʔ˥/ chil /tɕʰil/ chil /tɕiɾɯ/ ch'il /tsʰil/ chit /tsʰit˨/ tɕʰit⁵ /tɕʰit̚˥/
phalH /pʰal˥/ ·palq /palʔ˥/ pal /pʰal/ pal /paɾɯ/ p'al /pʰal/ pat /pat˨/ pat¹ /pat̚˨˦/
gu:LH /kuː˩˧/ :kwu /ku˩˥/ gu /ku/ gu /ku/ ku /ku/ kiu /kiu˧˩/ tɕiu⁴ /tɕiu˨˩˧/
sipH /ɕip˥/ ·ssip /s͈ip̚˥/ sip /ɕip̚/ sip /ɕipɯ/ sip /ɕip̚/ sip /sip˥/ sit¹ /sɨt̚˨˦/
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