전라방언

Korean (Jeolla)

Koreanic

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Jeolla Korean (전라말 / 전라도 사투리) is the southwestern dialect group of the Honam region, comprising Jeollabuk-do, Jeollanam-do and Gwangju Metropolitan City. Distinctive markers include the sentence-final endings -이라/-디(요), -랑께(요) (vs. standard -다/-지요/-거든요) and characteristic pitch patterns. Culturally it is the home of pansori (UNESCO ICH 2003) — the epic narrative singing tradition centred on the Jeolla shrines of Namwon — as well as Jeolla cuisine, regarded as the richest regional gastronomy in Korea (hanjeongsik banquet meals). Long stereotyped in Seoul-centric media as a "warm, hospitable" voice, the dialect also carries strong Honam regional identity tied to the May 18 Gwangju Uprising of 1980 and to the political base of presidents Kim Dae-jung (Mokpo native) and Roh Moo-hyun. Mutually intelligible with standard Korean.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Korean (Jeolla)

Water

/mul/

Fire

/pul/

Sun

/hɛ/

Moon

/tal/

Star

/pjəl/

Mother

어매

/ʌmɛ/

Father

아베

/abe/

I

/na/

You

/nə/

Name

이름

/irɯm/

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

안녕하쇼

/annjʌŋhaɕjo/

Thank you

고맙소

/komap̚s͈o/

Good

좋어

/tɕoʌ/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Koreanic languages

Meaning Korean (Jeolla)Korean (Hamgyong)Korean (Busan)Yanbian KoreanKorean (DPRK)KoreanJeju
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 /pjəl/ /pjəl/ /pjʌl/ /pjʌl/ /pjʌl/ /pjʌl/ /pjʌl/
Mother 어매 /ʌmɛ/ 어머이 /ʌmʌi/ 엄마 /ʌmma/ 오마니 /omani/ 어머니 /ʌmʌni/ 어머니 /ʌmʌni/ 어멍 /ʌmʌŋ/
Father 아베 /abe/ 아바이 /abai/ 아부지 /abudʑi/ 아바이 /abai/ 아버지 /abʌdʑi/ 아버지 /abʌdʑi/ 아방 /abaŋ/
I /na/ /na/ /na/ /na/ /na/ /na/ /na/
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