| Altname | Kangwŏn |
|---|---|
| States | North Korea, South Korea |
| Region | Gangwon Province (ROK), Kangwŏn Province (DPRK) |
| Speakers | c. 1.5 million |
| Date | 2014 |
| Familycolor | Altaic |
| Fam 1 | Koreanic |
| Fam 2 | Korean |
| Fam 3 | Central |
| Dia 1 | Yeongdong |
| Dia 2 | Yeongseo |
| Isoexception | dialect |
| Ietf | ko-u-sd-kr42 (ROK) ko-u-sd-kp07 (DPRK) |
The Gangwon dialect (Korean: 강원 방언) is spoken in South Korea's Gangwon Province and in North Korea's Kangwŏn Province. Although they are large provinces by area, relatively few people lived in the Gangwon Province. As a result, people living in the western side of Gangwon (Yeongseo) did not develop a highly distinctive dialect. However, the part of Gangwon that stretches along the eastern coast of Korea's Yeongdong region did develop a distinctive dialect. This is because the Taebaek Mountains bisect the Gangwon Province, and the people living eastern Gangwon were therefore isolated.[1]
Distinguishing features of the Gangwon dialect:
- ㅆ (ss) is pronounced as ㅅ (s).
- The standard 아 (ah) sound is changed to 어 (eo) at the end of sentences.
- Questions may end in 나 (na), -노 (no), -고 (go), -가 (ga).[2]
References
- ^ Yeon, Jaehoon. "Korean dialects: a general survey"
- ^ "The 6 Dialects of South Korea and Ways to Distinguish". 14 December 2018.