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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