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Hangul Day — also called Hangul Proclamation Day or Korean Alphabet Day — is a Korean national commemorative day marking the invention and the proclamation of hangul, the native alphabet of the Korean language, by King Sejong the Great. The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language Romanization system in South Korea. McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language Romanization systems along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language Romanization systems along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language Romanization system in South Korea. An alphabet is a standardized set of letters basic written symbols each of which roughly represents a Phoneme, a Spoken language, either This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system It is observed on October 9 in South Korea and on January 15 in North Korea. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, In North Korea the day is called Chosŏn'gŭl Day.
According to the Chronicle of King Sejong, King Sejong proclaimed publication of Hunmin Jeongeum, the document introducing the newly-created alphabet which was also originally called by the same name, in the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 1446. A lunar calendar is a Calendar that is based on cycles of the Moon phase. In 1926, Hangul Society celebrated the octo-sexagesimal (480th) anniversary of the declaration of hangul on the last day of the ninth month of lunar calendar, which is on November 4 of the Gregorian calendar. Korean Language Society is a society of Hangul and Korean language research founded in 1908 by Kim Jeongjin. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Members of the Society declared it the first observance of "Gagyanal (가갸날)". The name came from "Gagyageul (가갸글)", an early colloquial name for hangul, based on a mnemonic recitation beginning "gagya geogyeo (가갸거겨)". The name of the commemorative day was changed to "Hangullal" in 1928, soon after the term "hangul" coined originally in 1913 by Ju Si-gyeong became widely accepted as the new name for the alphabet. Ju Si-gyeong ( December 22, 1876 - July 27, 1914) was one of the founders of modern Korean Linguistics. The day was then celebrated according to the lunar calendar.
In 1931, the celebration of the day switched to October 29 of the Gregorian calendar. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II In 1934 arose the claim that they must assume that Julian calendar was used in 1446, so the day was again changed to October 28. The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine
The discovery in 1940 of an original copy of the Hunmin Jeongeum Haerye, a volume of commentary to the Hunmin Jeongeum that appeared not long after the document it commented upon, revealed that the Hunmin Jeongeum was announced during the first ten days (sangsun; 상순; 上旬) of the ninth month. Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated The tenth day of the ninth month of 1446 of the lunar calendar in 1446 was equivalent to October 9 of the Julian calendar. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita After the South Korean government was established in 1945, Hangul Day was declared as a legal holiday to be marked on October 9, on which governmental workers are excused from work. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks.
Its legal status as a holiday was removed in 1991 due to pressure from major employers to increase the number of working days, along with the introduction of the Korean United Nations Day. Chaebol (alternatively Jaebol, Jaebeol) refers to a South Korean form of business conglomerate. United Nations Day, proclaimed in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly, is held annually on 24 October, the anniversary of the coming into force However, Hangul Day still retains a legal status as a national commemoration day. The Hangul Society has campaigned to restore the holiday's former status, but with little impact.
North Korea celebrates the equivalent Chosŏn'gŭl Day on January 15 to mark the day in 1444 (1443 in lunar calendar), which is believed to be that of the actual creation of Hunmin Jeongeum. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign
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This is a list of Public holidays in North Korea as of 2007 See also Korean calendar for a list of traditional holidays In South Korea each public holiday belongs to one or more of three possible categories National Celebration Day( 국경일, 國慶日 National Flag Raising Day(국기게양일 國旗揭揚日 Language Log is a collaborative language Blog maintained by University of Pennsylvania phonetician Mark Liberman.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic