koconv

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A simple library to convert Korean text between Hangul and its transcription/transliteration into various other scripts.

A web application version is available at korean.mkpo.li.

Transcription/Transliteration Systems

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For now only from Hangul to the following systems are supported.
- Yale Romanization of Korean (1942)
- The Romanization of Korean (DPRK, 1992 - 2002 - 2012)
- Revised Romanization of Korean (Ministry of Culture, 2000)

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- McCune–Reischauer (1939)
- Pronounciation Respelling (한글 발음 표기법)
- Kontsevich Cyrillization (Система Концевича)
- Braille

The reverse conversion is planned to be implemented as well.

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The following systems are not planned to be supported, but is welcome to be contributed.

- ALA-LC
- Bok Moon Kim romanization
- ISO/TR 11941
- Kholodovich Cyrillization (Система Холодовича)
- SKATS
- Linear Hangul

References

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- Yoshihiko Asao (2013) Hangul to Yale Romanization Converter (Github Repository: asaokitan/hangul2yale)
- Seongmin Mun (2019) Yale-romanization-of-Korean
- graphemecluster (2024) Hangul to NK Romaja Converter
- graphemecluster (2024) Hangul to IPA Converter
- SnuMenu Hangul(Korean) Romanization Tool (한글-로마자 변환기)
- Wiktionary contributors (2024) 모듈:ko-pron

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- Wikipedia contributors. (2024, May 4). Romanization of Korean. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

#### DPRK

- Working Paper No. 46. WRITING SYSTEMS AND GUIDES TO PRONUNCIATION: ROMANIZATION Guideline on the Romanization of Korean. Submitted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Sixth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names. New York, 25th August-3 September, 1992. Agenda Item 11 (a). UNGEGN. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- E/CONF.94/INF.78. WRITING SYSTEMS: ROMANIZATION Guideline for The Romanization of Korean. Submitted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Eighth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names. Berlin, 27 August-5 September 2002. UNGEGN. Item 16 (a) of the provisionalagenda. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- E/CONF.101/CRP15 **Writing systems and pronunciation:
Romanization** The Rules of Latin Alphabetic Transcription of Korean Language. Submitted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Tenth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names. New York, 31 July-9 August 2012. UNGEGN. Item 13(a) of the provisional agenda. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

#### Revised Romanization of Korean
- Wikipedia contributors. (2024, May 4). Revised Romanization of Korean. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

#### Yale
- Wikipedia contributors. (2024, May 4). Yale Romanization of Korean. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-05-04.