"Korea"

Translation: 한국

[AndreasTheDK]

Why is the last ㄱ pronounced as a ㄹ?

[MganeBeauv]

Actually, the word for "korean language" is "한글" (Hangul) but 한국 (Hanguk) is really pronounced like this

[JunioKoi]

yes

[nleconte]

한글 means the Korean writing system (or Korean letters), but that's not what I'm hearing here. Maybe the recording is a bit off depending on the device you're using?

[BabyYoda0517]

Yeah, sometimes the pronunciation of some words is wrong.

[Mere_xoxo]

한극 is Korea and 한글 korean?

[honeyrbw]

한극(x) 한국(o)

한국 = Korea
한글 = Korean letters

[slycordinator]

Korean = 한국어/한국말

어 means "language" and 말 means "speak"/"speech".

[lang864129]

한국(韓國)

[yimantuwingyai]

우리나라 was given as the correct translation here. I was not given "한국" as a choice in the multiple choice question. Is that correct or is this a glitch?

[enerikeph]

It is correct. 한국 means Korea, 우리나라 is used by Koreans to refer to Korea, literally meaning "our country". The same goes for 한국어 / 한국말 and 우리말, where the first two mean Korean (the first one is more formal, the second one more colloquial) and the second word is used by Koreans to refer to Korean, literally meaning "our language". :)

[BoogsterSugar]

고려 and 조선 should also be accepted as "Korea"

[slycordinator]

While the name Korea is from 고려, 고려 isn't the Korean name used to refer to Korea.

고려 stopped existing almost 630 years ago.

[Chasuk]

한글 is pronounced "hangeul." I live in Korea; I've lived here for ten years.

Check the pronunciation on Forvo, provided by Korean natives.

https://forvo.com/word/%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%80/#ko

[cmorwin]

But the word is 한국, not 한글...

[sofygrafe]

This question offered me 4 choices, which none contained the answer. I had to activate the keyboard to answer properly. 2021/12/05.

[Mansi.31]

Why hanguk pronounced as hangul

[slycordinator]

It's not.

한국 = Hanguk = Korea

한글 = Hangul / Hangul = the Korean alphabet and/or writing system

Those are two different words.