The Compendium of Korean Language Norms () is a compilation of language regulations used in North Korea. They primarily regulate the Korean language (using the Pyongyang dialect as the standard) and use of the script Hangul (called Chosŏn'gŭl; ) in North Korea. It was originally published in June 1966 and revised in 1987 and 2010.
Like South Korea's Hangeul Orthography, the Compendium takes heavy inspiration from the Unified Hangul Orthography (UHO), which was originally published in 1933 by the Korean Language Society. North Korea used the UHO (specifically the 1940 and then 1946 revisions) until 1954, when it adopted an orthography called "". That orthography was then replaced by the Compendium in 1966.
The Compendium consists of several sections. The longest and most prominent section, "Orthography" (), regulates the orthography of Hangul for the country. Other sections include Spacing Rules (), Punctuation Rules (), and Cultured Language Pronunciation (; "Cultured Language" refers to the Pyongyang dialect).
Korean Chinese people have a similar set of language regulations, which were in fact based on North Korea's, that also goes by the name "Compendium of Korean Language Norms".
See also
Hangul orthography – for orthographies of Hangul in general, including a history of North Korea's
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