Jeju Dialect
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Jeju dialect (Korean:제주방언) is the dialect used on the island of Jeju in Korea, with the exception of Chuja in Bukjeju County. It differs greatly from the dialects of the mainland, and preserves many archaic words which are lost in them. It has borrowed many words from Japanese and Chinese, and there are many words which appear to be original formations (possibly from the language of Tamna).
Another difference is the slightly different intonation of words. The Jeju Dialect tends to use more stress on certain syllables.
One large difference is the lack of formality and deference to elders. For example, while a speaker of the Seoul Dialect might say annyeonghaseyo (“Hello”) to an older person, a speaker of the Jeju dialect would say ban-gapsio (“How do you do?”) To many mainlanders, a child saying this to an adult would be appalling, but on the islands, a more ‘egalitarian’ form of speech is used.
Phonemes
There are 9 vowels, /i・e・ε・i・・a・u・o・/.Phonological change
Syntax
Vocabulary
Examples:| English | Jeju dialect (in standard Hangul) | Jeju dialect (in the Revised romanization of Korean [RR]) | Standard Korean (in RR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| “Welcome!” | 혼저옵서예 | honjeo opseoye! | eoseo oseyo! |
| “grandfather; old man” | 하르방 | hareubang | harabeoji |
| “man” | 손아이 | sonai | namja(sanai) |
| “woman” | 지지배 | jijibae | yeoja(gyejibae) |
| “what if” | 가물어 | kamureo | seolma |
| “neck” | yageki | mok | |
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