Korean is regarded as one of the most excellent languages in the world. It has rich pronunciation, beautiful sound, well-organized grammatical structures and the most developed alphabetic letters.
Chairman
"The standard Korean language is the Pyongyang dialect, which is used in the capital city of our revolution."
The national language of the glorious DPRK is Korean and its standard is cultured Pyongyang dialect.
It is not only the precious cultural wealth achieved under the Juche-oriented policy of developing the national language and the wise leadership of President
The President clarified the issues arising in developing Korean in his immortal work "Some Problems Arising in Developing the Korean Language" published on January 3rd, 1964 and illuminated important guidelines for systematically developing Korean in his immortal work "On Properly Preserving the National Characteristics of the Korean Language" published on May 14th, 1966.
The Chairman newly clarified the standard of the Korean language development and gave detailed instructions on the fundamental principles to be firmly adhered to in the building of socialist national language in his classic work "Programmatic Guidelines That Indicated the Road of Juche-oriented Development of the Korean Language" on January 6th, 1964,
He said that the standard of Korean is Pyongyang dialect used in the capital of the revolution; solving the language problem with the dialect of the capital city, the center of our country's politics, economy and culture, and developing the national language on the basis of Pyongyang dialect are the fundamental principles that we should consistently maintain in building the socialist national language; the Pyongyang dialect is the best in embodying the unique national features of the Korean language, which has reached the highest level of the development of the national language.
Today cultured Pyongyang dialect is being developed and enriched day by day under the meticulous care of the respected Comrade
Busy as he was leading the Korean people's vigorous struggle for the overall development of socialism, the respected General Secretary, with deep insight into the importance and significance of the development of the cultured Pyongyang dialect, put forward the idea of preserving and sustaining the language in linguistic life and provided a powerful legal guarantee.
The 8th Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK held in January 2023 adopted the Act on the Protection of Cultured Pyongyang Dialect. So our people had a good understanding of the legal requirements of this Act and established a habit of strictly observing it.
The idea of preserving and developing the cultured Pyongyang dialect clarified by the respected General Secretary is a strong ideological and theoretical weapon to firmly preserve and further develop the cultured Pyongyang dialect, the precious linguistic heritage and wealth provided by the President and Chairman.
