Pyongyang speech

E808100

Pyongyang speech is the standard North Korean variety of Korean associated with the capital city, used in official communication and media.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pyongyang speech canonical 2
P'yŏngyang speech 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Korean language variety
North Korean standard language
standard language variety
associatedWith Pyongyang
basedOn dialect of Pyongyang region
belongsTo North Korean linguistic policy
capitalCity Pyongyang
codifiedBy North Korean language planning authorities
contrastsWith Seoul speech
South Korean standard language
country North Korea
goal linguistic unification within North Korea
hasAlternativeName P'yŏngyang speech
linked to: Pyongyang speech

Pyongyang standard language
linked to: Pyongyang dialect
hasCharacteristic distinct pronunciation from Seoul standard
politically influenced terminology
preference for native Korean vocabulary over Sino-Korean and foreign loanwords
some differences in grammar from South Korean standard
hasDomain education
government communication
literature in North Korea
mass media
hasFeature distinct political honorifics and titles
revised spellings compared to South Korean standard
state-approved neologisms
influences formal speech styles in North Korea
spoken Korean in Pyongyang
language Korean
partOf Korean language standardization
North Korean culture
region Korean Peninsula
regulates official orthography in North Korea
standard pronunciation in North Korea
standard vocabulary in North Korea
script Hangul
standardFor North Korean Korean
standardizationCenter Pyongyang
timePeriod 20th century to present
usedBy Korean Central News Agency
Korean Workers' Party
North Korean government
usedFor broadcasting in North Korea
official documents in North Korea
propaganda in North Korea
school textbooks in North Korea
usedIn North Korean state media
linked to: North Korean media

education in North Korea
official communication in North Korea
writingSystem Hangul

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pyongyang dialect hasAlternativeName Pyongyang speech
Munhwaŏ influencedBy Pyongyang speech
Pyongyang speech hasAlternativeName P'yŏngyang speech
linked to: Pyongyang speech