Dokdo Creole
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Dokdo Creole | |
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독도고 | |
The seal of North Gyeongsang Province, where Dokdo Creole is an official language in South Korea. | |
Pronunciation | [ˈdokdoˌgɔ] |
Created by | Jukethatbox |
Native to | Republic of Korea, Japan |
Altaic
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Official status | |
Regulated by | SRDL(ROK), Shimane Prefecture(Japan) |
Dokdo Creole, a.k.a Dokdoese, Takeshiman or Liancourtish(독도고, dokdo-go, Korean:독도어, dogdo-eo(Dokdo language), Japanese: 竹島方言, takeshima-hōgen(Takeshima dialect)) is a Korean-Japanese creole language spoken on the islands of Liancourt Rocks, known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese. Grammatically, it has been described as Japonic, however lexically it is more inline with the Koreanic languages.
In South Korea, specifically North Gyeongsang province, Dokdo Creole(독도어, dogdo-eo, lit. "Dokdo language") is the co-official language with Korean. Contrary to popular belief, Dokdo Creole is not considered a language in Japanese administration(specifically in Shimane prefecture), and is instead called the "Takeshima dialect"(竹島方言, takeshima-hōgen) in official documentation. Despite this, South Korea, as well as international consensus classifies Dokdo Creole as a seperate language from either Korean or Japanese.