Konglish (Korean: 콩글리시; RR: konggeullisi;
[kʰoŋ.ɡɯl.li.ɕi]), more formally- Korean-style English (Korean:
í•œêµì–´ì‹ ì˜ ì–´; Hanja: éŸ"åœ‹èªžå¼ è‹±èªž; RR: hangugeo-sik
yeongeo; [han.ɡu.ɡʌ.ɕik̚ jʌŋ.ʌ]) is a style of English used by
Korean speakers.The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two
languages and was first recorded earliest in 1975. Other less common
terms are Korlish (recorded from 1988), Korenglish (1992), Korglish
(2000) and Kinglish (2000).Konglish has English loanwords that have
been appropriated into Korean and are used in ways that are not
readily understandable to native English speakers. A common example is
the Korean term "hand phone" for the English "mobile phone." Konglish
also has direct English loanwords, mistranslations from English to
Korean, or pseudo-English words coined in Japan that came to Korean
usage.The use of Konglish is widespread in South Korea as a result of
U.S. cultural influence, but it is not familiar to North Koreans.
[kʰoŋ.ɡɯl.li.ɕi]), more formally- Korean-style English (Korean:
í•œêµì–´ì‹ ì˜ ì–´; Hanja: éŸ"åœ‹èªžå¼ è‹±èªž; RR: hangugeo-sik
yeongeo; [han.ɡu.ɡʌ.ɕik̚ jʌŋ.ʌ]) is a style of English used by
Korean speakers.The name is a portmanteau of the names of the two
languages and was first recorded earliest in 1975. Other less common
terms are Korlish (recorded from 1988), Korenglish (1992), Korglish
(2000) and Kinglish (2000).Konglish has English loanwords that have
been appropriated into Korean and are used in ways that are not
readily understandable to native English speakers. A common example is
the Korean term "hand phone" for the English "mobile phone." Konglish
also has direct English loanwords, mistranslations from English to
Korean, or pseudo-English words coined in Japan that came to Korean
usage.The use of Konglish is widespread in South Korea as a result of
U.S. cultural influence, but it is not familiar to North Koreans.
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