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If you don't know about Wikipedia, now is the time to find out! Especially since it is so useful in learning languages.

Wikipedia is the "Free Encyclopedia", a collectively-authored, dynamic, online encyclopedia that is free not only as in price, but also as in freedom. This means that the content you find anywhere on Wikipedia is free and open in the Public Domain. You can reproduce, redistribute and rehash the information there. This is empowered by the GNU Free Documentation License. This same license protects and empowers the contant on Free Language! (How?)

This particular resource links to the Wikipedia entry on the Korean language. This entry contains loads of information for the curious reader as well as for the serious Korean language learner, including historical and linguistic data.

Use this resource to become familiar with the Korean language and its context in today's world, to discover facts and linguistic data about Korean and its many varieties, access further information about and resources for learning Korean, and much more.

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Korean (한국어/조선말, see below) is the official language of both North Korea and South Korea. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China. There are about 80 million Korean speakers, with large groups in various Post-Soviet states, as well as in other diaspora populations in China, Australia, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Japan, and more recently, the Philippines.

The genealogical classification of the Korean language is debated. Many linguists place it in the Altaic language family, but some consider it to be a language isolate. It is agglutinative in its morphology and SOV in its syntax. Similar to the Japanese and Vietnamese languages, Korean language was influenced by the Chinese language in the form of Sino-Korean words. Native Korean words account for about 35% of the Korean vocabulary, while about 60% of the Korean vocabulary consists of Sino-Korean words. The remaining 5% comes from loan words from other languages, 90% of which are from English.

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Visit "Korean Language" on Wikipedia.

License

GNU Free Documentation License

Rosetta Stone Korean Level 1 With over 3500 real-life images and phrases in 92 lessons, Korean Level 1, Personal Edition provides up to 250 hours of mastery instruction in Listening Comprehension, Reading, Speaking, and Writing. Systematic structure teaches vocabulary and grammar naturally, without lists and drills. Previews, exercises and tests accompany every lesson with automated tutorials throughout the program. Level 1, Personal Edition provides instruction in such categories as People and Talking; Directions; Food, Eating and Drinking; Family Relationships; Telling Time; Numbers to One Hundred; Clothing and Dress; Vehicles, Furniture and Instruments; Shapes, Colors and Location; And Much More. Korean Level 1, Personal Edition comes complete with an illustrated User's Guide and a Curriculum Text book.

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Software License

Rosetta Stone is proprietary software.

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Not to be confused with the Free Software GPL Rosetta Stone Library.

From Website

A group blog about learning Korean. We write about our experiences in the classroom, self-study, resources to use, advice and encouragement. Writing in English or in Korean to reflect on the difficulties and successes each of us encounters

Anyone who is learning Korean is encouraged to register and join this group blog. If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment or send an email to 왕음치.

Comments

A resource-rich group blog website about learning the Korean language.

Visit LetsLearnKorean.com

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Subscribe to Let's Learn Korean Blogs.

From Website

This podcast is for intermediate learners and beginners. I will be very glad to hear from you that it helps your learning. Also, any suggestions and questions about this podcast will be appreciated.

Comments

A solid podcast for advanced beginner to intermediate learners of the Korean language.

Visit koreanpod.podomatic.com

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Subscribe to KoreanPod.
Subscribe to KoreanPod via iTunes.

From the site:

KBS WORLD Radio, the voice of Korea, is the nation's sole foreign language promotional broadcast of Korea for the entire world. Its maiden transmission was aired in a 15-minute English broadcast back in August 15th, 1953 under the station name "The Voice of Free Korea". KBS WORLD Radio now broadcasts in Korean, Japanese, French, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Indonesian, Arabic and German as well, for a total of 11 languages. The station was renamed "Radio Korea" in March 1973, and again renamed 'Radio Korea International', in August 1994, in a bid to better reflect the station's increasingly globalized mission.

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This is an excellent resource for learning Korean. KBS has done a great web tutorial for Korean learners, complete with clear lessons, audio and practical things to know.

They have sections on understanding the Korean language, upon arrival in Korea and living in Korea, with such topics as airport lingo, basic conversational, at the post office, in a restaurant, in a subway, renting a car, going shopping, discussing the weather, hobbies and plenty more.

Visit Let's Learn Korean.