The Gangwon dialect () is spoken in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

's Gangwon Province and in

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

's Kangwŏn Province. Although they are large provinces by area, relatively few people lived in the Gangwon Province. As a result, people living in the western side of Gangwon ( Yeongseo) did not develop a highly distinctive dialect. However, the part of Gangwon that stretches on the eastern coast of Korea's Yeongdong region did develop a distinctive dialect. This is because the Taebaek Mountains bisect the Gangwon Province, and the people on eastern Gangwon are isolated from the high mountains. Distinguishing features of the Gangwon dialect: #ㅆ (ss) is pronounced as ㅅ (s). # The standard 아 (ah) sound is changed to 어 (eo) at the end of sentences. #Questions may end in 나 (na), -노 (no), -고 (go), -가 (ga).

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Korean dialects Korean language in South Korea Gangwon Province, South Korea Kangwon Province, North Korea {{koreanic-lang-stub