Language Policy and Regional Varieties of the Korean Language

The aim of this paper is to provide information on the language policy, planning, and management in the Republic of Korea. The research is focused on Standard Korean and the current state of Korean regional dialects. Language policy and its effect on regional varieties of Korean language are discus...

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Main Author: Vladislava Mazana
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Language:English
Published: Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2025-06-01
Series:Politeja
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Online Access:https://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/6513
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description The aim of this paper is to provide information on the language policy, planning, and management in the Republic of Korea. The research is focused on Standard Korean and the current state of Korean regional dialects. Language policy and its effect on regional varieties of Korean language are discussed. Particularly, problems of maintenance and revitalization of regional dialects are described. Included are the efforts towards a language reunion with North Korea and the impact of new technologies.
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spelling doaj-art-549d2fd91f204e9dae4e9b0bef4e1cf32025-08-20T02:06:19ZengKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingPoliteja1733-67162391-67372025-06-01221(95)10.12797/Politeja.22.2025.95.14Language Policy and Regional Varieties of the Korean LanguageVladislava Mazana0Charles University The aim of this paper is to provide information on the language policy, planning, and management in the Republic of Korea. The research is focused on Standard Korean and the current state of Korean regional dialects. Language policy and its effect on regional varieties of Korean language are discussed. Particularly, problems of maintenance and revitalization of regional dialects are described. Included are the efforts towards a language reunion with North Korea and the impact of new technologies. https://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/6513Korean languagelanguage policylanguage planningregional dialectsStandard Koreanpublic language
spellingShingle Vladislava Mazana
Language Policy and Regional Varieties of the Korean Language
Politeja
Korean language
language policy
language planning
regional dialects
Standard Korean
public language
title Language Policy and Regional Varieties of the Korean Language
title_full Language Policy and Regional Varieties of the Korean Language
title_fullStr Language Policy and Regional Varieties of the Korean Language
title_full_unstemmed Language Policy and Regional Varieties of the Korean Language
title_short Language Policy and Regional Varieties of the Korean Language
title_sort language policy and regional varieties of the korean language
topic Korean language
language policy
language planning
regional dialects
Standard Korean
public language
url https://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/6513
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