어학

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 語學, from 語 (“language”) + 學 (“learning”)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)ɦa̠k̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [어(ː)학]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?eohak
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?eohag
    McCune–Reischauer?ŏhak
    Yale Romanization?ēhak

    Noun

    어학 • (eohak) (hanja 語學)

    1. linguistics
    2. learning a foreign language
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