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TIL there are DPRK-operated restaurants in China

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[–] blunder@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Are there differences in accent or dialect between the Korean spoken in the North and the South?

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes, in North Korea, the Pyongyang dialect is standard, and there are differences in terms (e.g. Chosŏn'gŭl instead of Hangul, a term often translated as "American imperialist bastards", etc.)

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago

a term often translated as "American imperialist bastards"

Ooh I like that.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm not sure there are any languages with speakers separated by a barrier (either political or natural) that don't have accents/dialects altered due to geography.

[–] blunder@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago

Definitely, it's just interesting to see such a stark divide put in place so recently (on a linguistic timescale), few better examples to see how a language diverges in real time

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, now I have questions about East and West Germany...

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago

Don't they have different accents? I'm pretty sure they did even before the war, no? Prussia and Bavaria had different accents, for example.

Well, for starters, I heard ROK is way more likely to have English loanwords, while DPRK, if must borrow, takes loans from Russian or Chinese loanwords