Standard Korean orthography

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Standard Korean orthography is the official writing system of the Korean language that regulates spelling, spacing, and punctuation based primarily on the modern Seoul dialect.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf language regulation ⓘ
orthographic standard ⓘ
aimsTo maintain morphological consistency ⓘ
reflect contemporary pronunciation of Seoul ⓘ
unify written Korean usage ⓘ
appliesInDomain education in South Korea ⓘ
government documents in South Korea ⓘ
mass media in South Korea ⓘ
publishing industry in South Korea ⓘ
appliesTo Korean language ⓘ
appliesToRegister formal written Korean ⓘ
standard informal written Korean ⓘ
basedOnDialect modern Seoul dialect ⓘ
country South Korea ⓘ
defines rules for Sino-Korean words ⓘ
rules for abbreviations in Korean ⓘ
rules for affixes and particles ⓘ
rules for ellipsis and dashes ⓘ
rules for hyphen-like marks and middle dots ⓘ
rules for loanwords in Korean ⓘ
rules for native Korean words ⓘ
rules for numerals in Korean text ⓘ
rules for parentheses and brackets ⓘ
rules for proper nouns in Korean ⓘ
rules for punctuation marks ⓘ
rules for quotation marks in Korean ⓘ
rules for spacing between content words ⓘ
rules for spacing between function words ⓘ
rules for syllable boundary representation ⓘ
rules for verb and adjective endings ⓘ
standard spellings for Korean words ⓘ
differsFrom North Korean orthographic norms ⓘ
governingBody National Institute of Korean Language ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Hunminjeongeum orthography tradition ⓘ
linked to: Hunminjeongeum
languageFamily Koreanic languages ⓘ
officialStatusIn Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: South Korea
regulates punctuation in Korean ⓘ
spelling in Korean ⓘ
standard vocabulary forms ⓘ
use of Hangul letters ⓘ
word spacing in Korean ⓘ
relatedConcept North Korean orthography ⓘ
South Korean standard language ⓘ
relatedStandard Standard language regulations of the National Institute of Korean Language ⓘ
scope modern standard Korean ⓘ
standardVarietyOf standard Korean language ⓘ
usesScript Hangul ⓘ
usesWritingSystem alphabetic syllabary Hangul ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seoul dialect → codifiedIn → Standard Korean orthography ⓘ
Standard Korean orthography → relatedStandard → Standard language regulations of the National Institute of Korean Language ⓘ
linked to: Standard Korean orthography
Pyongyang speech → contrastsWith → South Korean standard language ⓘ
linked to: Standard Korean orthography