Korean

Korean is the official language of South Korea and North Korea. The Korean alphabet, Hangul, is phonemic and organized into syllabic blocks. King Sejong the Great commissioned the national writing system in the 15th century. With multiple dialects, the standard language of South Korea is based on the dialect of the area around Seoul. The standard language of North Korea is based on the dialect spoken around Pyongyang. Today, there are approximately 78 million Korean speakers worldwide and several dialects. 

If there's something else you'd like to learn, email requests@mahalo.com for suggestions. In the video below, learn how to say Mahalo (thank you) in Korean from Mahalo's Korean expert Sunny Park.

Learn how to speak Korean from Mahalo expert Sunny Park. Sunny slowly pronounces each phrase as the spelling appears on the screen for your convenience. The How to Speak Korean playlist on YouTube features over 150 videos that teach you common words and phrases. Now, it's time to learn!

Here are a few of the videos: 

Watch and learn from Sunny how to say "you're beautiful" in Korean.