Editing Korean language (section)

==Names==
The Korean names for the language are based on the [[Names of Korea|names for Korea]] used in both South Korea and North Korea. The English word "Korean" is derived from [[Goryeo]], which is thought to be the first Korean dynasty known to Western nations. Korean people in the [[Post-Soviet states|former USSR]] refer to themselves as {{Lang|ko-latn|[[Koryo-saram]]}} or {{Lang|ko-latn|Koryo-in}} (literally, '[[Names of Korea#Goryeo|Koryo/Goryeo]] people'), and call the language {{Lang|ko-latn|[[Koryo-mar]]}}. Some older English sources also use the spelling "Corea" to refer to the nation, and its inflected form for the language, culture and people, "Korea" becoming more popular in the late 1800s.<ref name="GoogleNGrams">According to Google's NGram English corpus of 2015, {{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Korea%2CCorea&year_start=1800&year_end=1950&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CKorea%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CCorea%3B%2Cc0|title=Google Ngram Viewer}}</ref>

In South Korea the Korean language is referred to by many names including {{Lang|ko-latn|hangugeo}} ('Korean language'), {{Lang|ko-latn|hangungmal}} ('Korean speech') and {{Lang|ko-latn|urimal}} ('our language'); "{{Lang|ko-latn|hanguk}}" is taken from the name of the [[Korean Empire]] ({{korean|대한제국|大韓帝國|Daehan Jeguk|labels=no}}). The "{{Lang|ko-latn|han}}" ({{Lang|ko|韓|italic=no}}) in {{Lang|ko-latn|Hanguk}} and {{Lang|ko-latn|Daehan Jeguk}} is derived from [[Samhan]], in reference to the [[Three Kingdoms of Korea]] (not the ancient confederacies in the southern Korean Peninsula),<ref>{{cite web |last1=이기환 |script-title=ko:[이기환의 흔적의 역사]국호논쟁의 전말…대한민국이냐 고려공화국이냐 |url=http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201708300913001&code=960100&www |website=[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]] |access-date=2 July 2018 |language=ko |date=30 August 2017 |archive-date=12 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812154305/http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=201708300913001&code=960100&www |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=이덕일 |script-title=ko:[이덕일 사랑] 대~한민국 |website=조선닷컴 |publisher=[[The Chosun Ilbo]] |url=http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/08/14/2008081401512.html |access-date=2 July 2018 |language=ko |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218134345/http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/08/14/2008081401512.html |url-status=live }}</ref> while "{{Lang|ko-latn|-eo}}" and "{{Lang|ko-latn|-mal}}" mean "language" and "speech", respectively. Korean is also simply referred to as {{Lang|ko-latn|gugeo}}, literally "national language". This name is based on the same [[Hanja|Han characters]] ({{Lang|ko|國語|italic=no}} 'nation' + 'language') that are also used in [[Taiwan]] and Japan to refer to their respective national languages.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

In North Korea and [[China]], the language is most often called {{Lang|ko-latn|Joseonmal}}, or more formally, {{Lang|ko-latn|Joseoneo}}. This is taken from the North Korean name for Korea (Joseon), a name retained from the [[Joseon]] period until the proclamation of the [[Korean Empire]], which in turn was annexed by the [[Empire of Japan]].{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

In [[mainland China]], following the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea in 1992, the term {{Lang|cmn-latn|Cháoxiǎnyǔ|italic=no}} or the short form ''Cháoyǔ'' has normally been used to refer to the standard language of North Korea and [[Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture|Yanbian]], whereas ''Hánguóyǔ'' or the short form ''Hányǔ'' is used to refer to the standard language of South Korea.{{Citation needed |date=December 2014}}