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The compilation of Standard Korean Language Dictionary was commenced on 1 January 1992, by The National Academy of the Korean Language, the predecessor of the National Institute of Korean Language. [1] The dictionary's first edition was published in three volumes on 9 October 1999, followed by the compact disc released on 9 October 2001. [2]
Yeong-gi, also spelled Yeong-ki, Young-gi, Young-ki, Young-kee, or Yong-gi, is a Korean masculine given name. [1] Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading " yeong " and 68 hanja with the reading "gi" on the South Korean government 's official list of hanja which may be ...
Sino-Korean words constitute a large portion of South Korean vocabulary, the remainder being native Korean words and loanwords from other languages, such as Japanese and English to a lesser extent. Sino-Korean words are typically used in formal or literary contexts, [5] and to express abstract or complex ideas. [7]
Naver Dictionary (Korean: 네이버 사전) is an online dictionary operated by the South Korean software company Naver. [1] It was first launched in 1999, alongside the Naver web portal. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Basic Korean Dictionary (Korean: 한국어기초사전; Hanja: 韓國語基礎辭典) is an online learner's dictionary of the Korean language, launched on 5 October 2016 by the National Institute of Korean Language. [1]
The Gyeonggi dialect (Korean: 경기 방언) or Seoul dialect (서울 사투리; 서울말) of the Korean language is the prestige dialect in South Korea, as well as the basis of the standardized form of the language in the country.
Nam-gi, also spelled Nam-ki, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are five hanja with the reading "nam" and 68 hanja with the reading "ki" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
When Korea was under Japanese rule, the use of the Korean language was regulated by the Japanese government.To counter the influence of the Japanese authorities, the Korean Language Society [] (한글 학회) began collecting dialect data from all over Korea and later created their own standard version of Korean, Pyojuneo, with the release of their book Unification of Korean Spellings (한글 ...