두음법칙

Korean

Alternative forms

Alternative form of 두음 법칙 (dueum beopchik)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 頭音法則, from 頭音 (“initial sound”) + 法則 (“law”)

On December 13, 1930, the Joseon Language Society (조선어학회 (朝鮮語學會, joseoneohakhoe) decided to enact a bill for the unification of the Korean orthography and prepared its first draft in December 1932. The members who participated in drawing up the original plan were Kwon Deok-gyu, Kim Yoon-kyung, Park Hyun-sik, Shin Myeong-kyun, Lee Guk-ro, Lee Byung-ki, Lee Yoon-jae, Lee Hee-seung, Jang Ji-young, Jeong Yeol-mo, Jeong In-seop and Choi Hyun-in. After that, six more members were added to the list, including Kim Sun-ki, Lee Gap, Lee Man-gyu, Lee Sang-chun, Lee Se-jeong and Lee Tak, to become 18.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[tuɯmbʌ̹p̚t͡ɕʰik̚]
Phonetic Hangul[두음법칙]

Revised Romanization^?	dueumbeopchik
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	dueumbeobchig
McCune–Reischauer^?	tuŭmbŏpch'ik
Yale Romanization^?	twuumpepchik

Noun

두음법칙 • (dueumbeopchik) (hanja 頭音法則)

(linguistics, South Korea) the "initial law" (a rule that alters the spelling of Sino-Korean words that begin with the consonant ㄹ (l) and ㄴ (n))

Usage notes

니 (ni) > 이 (i)
리 (ri) > 이 (i)}
락 (rak) > 낙 (nak)
로 (ro) > 노 (no)
룡 (ryong) > 용 (yong)
녕 (nyeong) > 영 (yeong)}}

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