Talk:노예

@KoreanQuoter Could you please confirm the North Korean spelling - 노례 (as per the reading of 隸)? I found this substitutions in the middle of a word unusual, normally r/n -> y (North Korean -> South Korean) happen in the beginning of a word. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 23:25, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

This is one of the rarest examples of an exception in North Korean standard orthography based on their convention of writing words of Sino-Korean origin. North Koreans just use 례 for 노례, even though 隸 can be pronunced both 예 or 례 in both of the Koreas. It really looks like it's from a dictionary written in standardized koine Korean during the Japanese colonial era. --KoreanQuoter (talk) 03:16, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

@KoreanQuoter Thanks for confirming. Not sure what you mean by "It really looks like ..." but I find adding North Korean forms useful, not just for someone interested in the North Korean variety but for etymological purposes. Yes, I am siding with Japanese dictionaries on this. :) It makes easier to link Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese words etymologically together, even if spellings like "노례" are almost never used in South Korea. Please see CJKV translations of slave. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 03:24, 27 January 2016 (UTC)

This is one thing that I don't like Korean dictionaries printed in South Korea. Too biased against North Korean alternative forms. --KoreanQuoter (talk) 03:42, 27 January 2016 (UTC)