Unsure to call the thread as it's rather a broad topic.
I have read something quite interesting about North and South Korea - the difference of political systems on the affect of the Korean language.
Political systems or forced isolation can affect one's language even if both sides are of the same language eg North Korea and South Korea. While the North adopted Technologic terms from Russian, the South would adopt the English version. Obviously their choice of language to adopt it from was due to their political background which is something I wish to not discuss on this thread.
Such examples would be;
South Korea 트랙터 (tractor)
North Korea 뜨락또르 (трактор)
(Both meaning tractor)
Obviously dialects within Korean is another issue but I'm clearly wanting terms inherited from foreign languages as a result of their political system.
I'm curious about other historical divisions eg. West and East Germany, etc.
Cheers
Dan
I have read something quite interesting about North and South Korea - the difference of political systems on the affect of the Korean language.
Political systems or forced isolation can affect one's language even if both sides are of the same language eg North Korea and South Korea. While the North adopted Technologic terms from Russian, the South would adopt the English version. Obviously their choice of language to adopt it from was due to their political background which is something I wish to not discuss on this thread.
Such examples would be;
South Korea 트랙터 (tractor)
North Korea 뜨락또르 (трактор)
(Both meaning tractor)
Obviously dialects within Korean is another issue but I'm clearly wanting terms inherited from foreign languages as a result of their political system.
I'm curious about other historical divisions eg. West and East Germany, etc.
Cheers
Dan