''Standard Korean Language Dictionary'' () is a dictionary of the
Korean language
Korean is the first language, native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Koreans, Korean descent. It is the national language of both South Korea and North Korea. In the south, the language is known as () and in the north, it is kn ...
, published by the
National Institute of Korean Language
The National Institute of Korean Language (NIKL; ) is a language regulator of the Korean language based in Seoul, South Korea. It was created on January 23, 1991, by Presidential Decree No. 13163 (November 14, 1990).
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.
History
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
The National Institute of Korean Language (NIKL; ) is a language regulator of the Korean language based in Seoul, South Korea. It was created on January 23, 1991, by Presidential Decree No. 13163 (November 14, 1990).
It has previously gone by a ...
.
The dictionary's first edition was published in three volumes on 9 October 1999, followed by the
compact disc
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released on 9 October 2001.
[ ] The online dictionary was launched on 9 October 2002,
and revised on 9 October 2008.
See also
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Basic Korean Dictionary
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Seoul Foreign Language Spelling Dictionary – standard spellings for Korean terms in English, Japanese, and Chinese
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Urimalsaem – an online open source Korean-language dictionary
References
1999 non-fiction books
Korean language
Korean dictionaries
Online dictionaries
Standards of South Korea
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