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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] It consists of one monolingual and ten bilingual dictionaries that provide meanings of Korean words and expressions in ...
Sino-Korean vocabulary or Hanja-eo ( Korean : 한자어; Hanja : 漢字 語) refers to Korean words of Chinese origin. Sino-Korean vocabulary includes words borrowed directly from Chinese, as well as new Korean words created from Chinese characters, and words borrowed from Sino-Japanese vocabulary. Many of these terms were borrowed during the ...
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]
Naver Dictionary contains many definitions of words, a Korean audio pronunciation service, [1] and easy searching and accessibility of words. [8] It partners with and shows results from other dictionaries, including the Oxford Dictionary of English, [9] Collins English Dictionary, [10] Wiktionary, and Urban Dictionary. [9]
v. t. e. Korean ( South Korean: 한국어, Hangugeo; North Korean: 조선말, Chosŏnmal) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. [ a][ 2] It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea .
According to the Standard Korean Language Dictionary published by the National Institute of Korean Language (NIKL), approximately half (50%) of Korean words are Sino-Korean, mostly in academic fields (science, government, and society). [5] Other dictionaries, such as the Urimal Keun Sajeon, claim this number might be as low as roughly 30%. [6] [7]
A Korean-English Dictionary (Korean: 한영자전; 한영자뎐; 한영ᄌᆞ뎐; Hanja: 韓英字典 [1]) is a 1897 dictionary originally compiled by Canadian missionary in Korea James Scarth Gale that described words in the Korean language in English.
Korean has 19 consonant phonemes. [ 1] For each plosive and affricate, there is a three-way contrast between unvoiced segments, which are distinguished as plain, tense, and aspirated . The "plain" segments, sometimes referred to as "lax" or "lenis," are considered to be the more "basic" or unmarked members of the Korean obstruent series.