Korean Language Society
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The Korean Language Society (Korean: 한글 학회) is a society of hangul and Korean language research, founded in 1908 by Ju Sigyeong.
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Korean Language Society | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 한글 학회 |
Hanja | --學會 |
Revised Romanization | Han-geul Hakhoe |
McCune–Reischauer | Han'gŭl Hakhoe |
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Hangul Day was founded in 1926 during the Japanese occupation of Korea by members of the Korean Language Society, whose goal was to preserve the Korean language during a time of rapid Japanization.[1] The society established a Korean orthography (한글 맞춤법 통일안) in 1933.
Many of its early members were imprisoned and tortured in 1942 when Korea was under Japanese imperial rule.