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TOPIK 3noun

사투리

saturi

사투리가 · 사투리를

dialect, regional accent

Example

할머니는 아직도 고향 사투리를 쓰세요.

My grandmother still speaks her hometown dialect.

Word parts

Native word for regional speech; the formal term is 방언.

Good to know

Say 사투리를 쓰다 'to speak in dialect'. Standard Korean (표준어) is based on Seoul speech.