사투리

사투리

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Gyeongja yeonhaeng japji (庚子燕行雜識 / 경자연행잡지), 1720, as Early Modern Korean 使土俚 (Yale: sothwoli).

In the Hangul script, first attested in the Iju pungsoktong (夷州風俗通 / 이주풍속통), 1756, as Early Modern Korean ᄉᆞ토리 (Yale: sothwoli).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈsʰa̠(ː)tʰuɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [사(ː)투리]
  • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	saturi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	satuli
McCune–Reischauer?	sat'uri
Yale Romanization?	sā.thwuli

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 사투리의 / 사투리에 / 사투리까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch on the second and third syllables, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

Noun

사투리 • (saturi)

1. (primarily non-academic) a dialect or accent of a language, usually a non-standard one

   경상도 사투리로 '새우'를 뭐라 하는지 알아?

   Gyeongsangdo saturiro sae'u reul mwora haneunji ara?

   Do you know what the word for "shrimp" is in Gyeongsang dialect?

   영국에서 스코틀랜드 사투리를 쓰는 사람들을 낮잡아 보나요?

   Yeonggug-eseo Seukoteullaendeu saturi-reul sseuneun saram-deur-eul natjaba bona-yo?

   In the United Kingdom, are people who use a Scottish accent looked down upon?

   • 1765, 李(이)匡(광)明(명) (Yi Gwang-myeong), 夷(이)州(쥬)風(픙)俗(쇽)通(통) [On the Customs of the Barbaric Province]:

     이곳 ᄉᆞ토리로 디으니 도로혀 슌치 못ᄒᆞ다

     igot satoriro dieuni dorohyeo syunchi mothada

     As [this text] is written in the dialect of this place, it is once more not easy [to read].

   Synonym: (formal, academic) 방언(方言) (bang'eon, “dialect”)