모어

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 母語 (“mother tongue”)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmo̞(ː)ʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [모(ː)어]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mo'eo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mo'eo
McCune–Reischauer?moŏ
Yale Romanization?mōe

Noun

모어 • (mo'eo) (hanja 母語)

  1. mother tongue (first language)
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