Highlights of Revised Korean Romanization and Word Division 2009
Elaine H. Kim Senior Cataloger North East Section Asian and Middle
Eastern Division Library of Congress Slide 2 The term of
jurisdiction The term of jurisdiction The term of jurisdiction
(Northern Province) romanized to indicate phonetic change after
hyphen for the consistency with other terms of jurisdiction Prev.
Rev. Prev. Rev. Kyngsang-pukto Kyngsang-bukto Kyngsang-pukto
Kyngsang-bukto Chlla-pukto Chlla-bukto Chlla-pukto Chlla-bukto
Chungchng-pukto Chungchng-bukto Chungchng-pukto Chungchng-bukto
Hwanghae-pukto Hwanghae-bukto Hwanghae-pukto Hwanghae-bukto Slide 3
Word of Western origin For words of Western origin, apply MCR in a
normal manner without special treatment, only with exception of
words beginning with the letter. Prev. Rev. Dijitl Tijitl linnen
linnen Gllobl Kllobl Usng-kp Usngkp maketing-non maketingnon
Amajon-kang Amajongang km-medal kmmedal esei-chip eseijip
changjak-tim changjaktim Slide 4 Personal Names Hyphenate forename
or pseudonym only when they are preceded by a family name.
Otherwise do not put hyphen in personal name. Prev. Rev. Prev. Rev.
Kim So-wl Kim So-wl Kim So-wl Kim So-wl Yi Yulgok Yi Yul-gok Yi
Yulgok Yi Yul-gok Chun-hyang chn Chunhyang chn Chun-hyang chn
Chunhyang chn Slide 5 Personal Names When a personal name is
written in Hangul, and the first part of persons given name begins
with, romanize the initial as r. Choe Ran Choe Ran Ha Ri-su Ha
Ri-su Yi Ryu-hwan Yi Ryu-hwan For given names of Western origin,
romanize the as r or l corresponding to its counterpart in the
Western word being romanized, following rule 10 below. Pak Reichel
Pak Reichel Kim Lillian Kim Lillian Slide 6 Personal Names When the
pronunciation of a historically well-known person s given name,
beginning with or, is in conflict with the romanization rule,
romanize to represent the pronunciation. Prev. Rev. Prev. Rev. Sin
IpSin Rip Sin IpSin Rip Ha Yun Ha Ryun Ha Yun Ha Ryun Slide 7 S
Spelled-out Cardinal Number S omanize date with ch n rather than
ilch n to more accurately represent the current pronunciation.
Separate each digit by hyphens, without phonetic changes. Romanize
date with ch n rather than ilch n to more accurately represent the
current pronunciation. Prev. Rev. Prev. Rev.
ilchn-kubaek-yuksippalchn-kubaek-yuksip-pal Slide 8 Medial Medial
before,,,, : Romanize as t when a syllabic final before,,,, and.
before,,,, : Romanize as t when a syllabic final before,,,, and.
Prev. Rev. Prev. Rev. kakkilkatkil kakkilkatkil haeppithaetpit
haeppithaetpit haessalhaetsal haessalhaetsal potchimpotchim
potchimpotchim Slide 9 Archaic Korean Strictly apply
McCune-Reischauer rules and tables when romanizing archaic Korean.
Tynjyunot Chnju Tynjyunot Chnju Chosynnot Chosn Chosynnot Chosn
symninot smni symninot smni yaktyonot yakcho yaktyonot yakcho Slide
10 Symbol and Character Modifier The apostrophe is used to
differentiate aspirated consonants The apostrophe is used to
differentiate aspirated consonants / chnsa / chnsa / chnsa / chnsa
/ tokki / tokki / tokki / tokki The apostrophe is also used to mark
transcriptions of as opposed to The apostrophe is also used to mark
transcriptions of as opposed to / changm / changm / changm / changm
/ sngun / sngun / sngun / sngun The character modifier breve over o
() is used to represent,, and over u () is used to represent,. The
character modifier breve over o () is used to represent,, and over
u () is used to represent,. Slide 11 Word Division Each part of
speech is to be separated from other parts of speech, without doing
harm to the original meaning. Group syllables into words that make
sense in context. Functionality of the Noun as a search keyword
Functionality of the Noun as a search keyword Separating Noun from
Compound words, Derived words, Adjectives, and Verbs Separating
Noun from Compound words, Derived words, Adjectives, and Verbs
Slide 12 The particle ( ) For the particle i, apply the Word
Division rule in a normal manner like any other particles without
special treatment. Prev. Rev. wiin kwa i mannam wiin kwai mannam
unmyng iro i chodae unmyng iroi chodae e i ei ros i rosi Slide 13
The auxiliary, -, Separate the auxiliary verbs and their
inflections from a preceding noun including the previously joined
simple inflection of the auxiliary -,and -. Prev. Rev.
saranghansarang han Sarang hay Sarang hay kanghaengdoenkanhaeng
toen chalmot toeyachalmot toeya Slide 14 Copula - Separate the
copula - and its inflections from the preceding word including the
previously joined simple inflection. Prev. Rev.
pynghwajginpynghwajk in inganjgilinganjk il chu k iran chuk iran
sarang iras sarang iras Write a simple inflection of the adjective
form together with single syllable noun it modifies mtchin yja
kapssan haengbok Slide 15 Prefixes and suffixes Prefixes and
suffixes are joined to the words they modify. Prev. Rev. sin
ysngsinysng ko munskomuns tae kiptaegip kjinmal
chaengikjinmaljaengi chong chngnichongjngni cham sarangchamsarang
Slide 16 Numbers For numbers, separate each digit by hyphens
without phonetic changes. Separate a native Korean and Sino-Korean
number from its quantifier. Prev. Rev. mahn tastmahn-tast ahn ahop
tongahn-ahop tong smul tast salsmul-tast sal Slide 17 Numeral
quantifiers for Time Previously separated numeral quantifiers, such
as,,,,,,, etc. are now joined to the words they modify. Prev. Rev.
isibil segiisip-ilsegi sesi osippunsesi osippun But; 21 21-segi
(with Arabic number; no change) Slide 18 Coordinated characters Do
not hyphenate between abbreviated forms of non-proper nouns.
Hyphenate only for proper nouns. Prev. Rev. kn-hyndaeknhyndae
chung-tanpynchungdanpyn chung-kodng chunggodng But: Nam-Pukhan
Pul-Han sajn Tang-Song sanmunsn Slide 19 Publication titles with
single syllable modifiers Previously separated single syllable
modifiers that indicates a type of publication are now joined to
the words they modify, unless the word being modified is a proper
noun. Prev. Rev. nanjung ilgi chonanjung ilgicho tokki chntokkijn
yangban chnyangbanjn But: Kwibong chip (proper noun) Sowl sn
(proper noun) Slide 20 Appendices Seven Appendices are added.
Suggested Dictionaries Suggested Dictionaries List of Auxiliary
verbs List of Auxiliary verbs List of Numeral quantifiers List of
Numeral quantifiers List of Prefixes List of Prefixes List of
Suffixes List of Suffixes List of Imperfect Nouns List of Imperfect
Nouns Korean Romanization Table Korean Romanization Table Slide 21
Thanks Elaine Kim Senior Cataloger Northeast Section Asian and
Middle Eastern Division Library of Congress Tel: 202-707-2213 Fax:
202-707-4587 Email: [email protected]
