The Korean language in Uzbekistan | Olga speaking Koryo-mar and Russian | Wikitongues

Koryo (also, Koryo-mar, Goryeomal, Koryŏmal, or Gore-mal) is an endangered variety of the Korean language from Uzbekistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan and spoken by the Koryo-saram community. In this video, Olga also speaks Russian.

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"Koryo-mar, Goryeomal, or Koryŏmal (Korean: 고려말, Russian: Корё мар), otherwise known as Gore-mal (고레말) by speakers of the dialect, is a dialect of Korean spoken by the Koryo-saram, ethnic Koreans in the countries of the former Soviet Union. It is descended from the Hamgyŏng dialect and multiple other varieties of Northeastern Korean.[1] Koryo-saram is often reported as difficult to understand by speakers of standard Korean; this may be compounded by the fact that the majority of Koryo-saram today use Russian and not Korean as their first language.[2] According to German Kim, Koryo-mar is not widely used in the media and is not taught in schools. Thus it can be classified as endangered.[3]"

"Russian (русский язык, tr. rússkiy yazýk) is an East Slavic language native to the Russians in Eastern Europe. It is an official language in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely used throughout the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages, one of the four living members of the East Slavic languages alongside, and part of the larger Balto-Slavic branch. There is a high degree of mutual intelligibility between Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian. Russian was the de facto language of the Soviet Union until its dissolution on 26 December 1991. Russian is used in official capacity or in public life in all the post-Soviet nation-states. Large numbers of Russian speakers can also be found in other countries, such as Israel and Mongolia. Russian is the largest native language in Europe, and the most geographically widespread language in Eurasia. It is the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, with over 258 million total speakers worldwide. Russian is the seventh-most spoken language in the world by number of native speakers and the eighth-most spoken language in the world by total number of speakers. The language is one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Russian is also the second-most widespread language on the Internet, after English.Russian is written using the Cyrillic script; it distinguishes between consonant phonemes with palatal secondary articulation and those without, the so-called soft and hard sounds. Almost every consonant has a hard or a soft counterpart, and the distinction is a prominent feature of the language. Another important aspect is the reduction of unstressed vowels. Stress, which is unpredictable, is not normally indicated orthographically though an optional acute accent may be used to mark stress, such as to distinguish between homographic words, for example замо́к (zamók – a lock) and за́мок (zámok – a castle), or to indicate the proper pronunciation of uncommon words or names."

[craftjj]

Thank you very much for uploading this video. As a modern Korean speaker I think this is a great heritage of our people, and I'd say I could understand 70% of it. There were some differences in vocabulary, and I think it's the russian influence. I also feel some kind of agony, as it reminded me their experiences of not being able to visit the home country during the soviet times.

[vlogkorea]

As a native Korean speaker, I could understand maybe about 70-80% of what she said, except for a few words that I missed, probably dialectal variations I'm unfamiliar with. I do speak Russian too, so that helped me piece together more information when it seemed like she was struggling with remembering Korean words for certain numbers, etc.

[israeldavidleonrodriguez]

It's a totally authentic Northeastern dialect of the Korean Peninsula. Even refugees from that region used to speak this dialect in South Korea after the Korean War.

[bigbowl]

I am a native Korean speaker from Seoul. I understand almost everything she says except for the parts said using Russian words. (Having said that, my paternal grandparents come from regions that now belong to North Korea.)

[proxymoxie]

I understood most of what she said except for the proper nouns that were in Russian/Uzbek but I can't help but notice she speaks closer to a north dialect (ex: don't worry/no problem/it's ok = 일 없습니다 instead of 괜찮습니다 in South Korean). She seems like a sweet lady and I kinda want to play 화투 with her too now haha!

Спасибо за видео :)

[oleksandrbyelyenko]

Would love to read English subtitles for her speech.

[pakhyeoncheol]

It’s really interesting how it’s almost this sort of time traveler creole of Josun era Korean, North Korean, and modern Korean

[letsTAKObout_it]

So cool! I love hearing heritage languages like this. I hope this language receives more attention and revitalization! Thanks for posting!

[princesinha]

So fascinating! I'm not Korean, but I lived in Korea for two years and studied and picked up a little of the language while there. I understood some words and phrases here and there...she definitely 'sounded' Korean to me! The Korean language and its history (and writing system) really fascinate me.

[DIDCHOI]

Interesting how they name it after Goryeo and it’s not “Joseon-mal” or Han-mal. But yeah I understand most of it. Really cool!
I’m also sure she’s had some Korean influences through media through the years that kept her somewhat connected and up to date in terms of some vocab.

[sooyonkang]

발음이 정확하셔서 알아듣기 편안합니다.
그리고 노래 잘 하시네요 😊

[andresfukazawa]

Fantastic video! This is fascinating. Thank you for posting this!

[marcoantonioribeiro]

Hasta este momento me era totalmente desconocida la existencia de variedades de coreano fuera de su región de origen. ¡Muchas gracias por la interesante información!

[gwho]

4:45 the interviewer also knows russian, korean (and english)!

[wannabedfens]

thank you so so much for uploading this :)) i've been incredibly curious to hear what koryo-mar sounded like ever since i first learned about it

[pyrenaea]

A question for Korean speakers, do the grammar and the lexical change between peninsular Korean and this Korean? And at the same time, which are the main differences between the Korean spoken in 🇰🇷 and the one spoken on the "D"PRK 🇰🇵?

[whuge]

Korea seems very close with the central Asian countries like Uzbekistan in trade. I’ve been to Tashkent and Bukhara and I’ve notice d there are lots of Korean products like air conditioner etc.

[comradesusiwolf]

i wish rare cool stuff like this be documented more lol
Korean language in Soviet union!
who would even know?

[koin-dongjun]

As a Korean, I can understand some sentences and words in this video. but my grandpa's Gyeongsang dialect is much harder to understand than this.

[loneyplanet]

How is her Russian? Is her Russian perfectly fluent? When she speaks Korean, I understand around 60 to 70%.