야민정음

Korean

Etymology

Replacement of the first syllable of 훈민정음 (訓民正音, hunminjeong'eum) to 야 (野, ya), the first syllable of 야구 갤러리 (yagu gaelleori, a DC Inside forum talking about baseball, literally “Baseball Gallery”), the origin of the style.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈja̠(ː)miɲd͡ʑʌ̹ŋɯm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [야(ː)민정음]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yaminjeong'eum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yaminjeong'eum
McCune–Reischauer?yaminjŏngŭm
Yale Romanization?yāmin.cengum

Noun

야민정음 • (yaminjeong'eum) (hanja 野民正音)

  1. A humorous form of speaking online, where hangul syllables are replaced by visually similar hangul syllables.
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