NAME

Encode::Korean::SKR_1984 - Perl extension for Encoding Korean: South Korean Romanization 1984.

SYNOPSIS

use Encode::Korean::SKR_1984;

$string = decode 'skr-1984', $octets;
$octets = encode 'skr-1984', $string;

while($line = <>) {
  print encode 'utf8', decode 'skr-1984', $line;
}

DESCRIPTION

Encode::Korean::SKR_1984 implements an encoding system of Korean based on the transliteration method of South Korean romanization system, officially released on January 1, 1984 by South Korean Ministry of Education.

This module use Encode implementation base class Encode::Encoding. The conversion is carried by a transliterator object of Encode::Korean::TransliteratorGenerator.

RULES RR of Korean is basically similar to McCune-Reischaur, but uses only low ascii characters. In case of ambiguity, orthographic syllable boundaries may be indicated with a hyphen.

Unicode name		Transliteration

kiyeok			k (g)
ssangkieok		kk
nieun			n
tikeut			t (d)
ssangtikeut		tt
rieul			r
mieum			m
pieup			p (b)
ssangpieup		pp
sios			s (sh)
ssangsios		ss
ieung			ng
cieuc			ch (j)
ssangcieuc		tch
chieuch			ch'
khieukh			k'
thieuth			t'
phieuph			p'
hieuh			h

a			a
ae			ae
ya			ya
yae			yae
eo			\x{014F}		(o with breve)
e			e
yeo			y\x{014F}
ye			ye
o			o
wa			wa
wae			wae
oe			oe
yo			yo
u			u
weo			wo
we			we
wi			wi
yu			yu
eu			\x{016D}		(u with breve)
yi			\x{016D}i
i			i

SEE ALSO

Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean, if you need information on Revised Romanization of Korean. Keep in mind that this module uses the transliteration method, not the transcription method.

Visit http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/hangul_jamo.html, if you want a list of Hangul Jamo in Unicode.

See Encode, Encode::Encoding, Encode::Korean, Encode::Korean::TransliteratorGenerator, if you want to know more about relevant modules.

See Encode::KR, Lingua::KO::MacKorean, if you need common encodings.

See Lingua::KO::Romanize::Hangul, if you need a common romanization (transcription method used in public).

AUTHOR

You Hyun Jo, <youhyunjo at gmail dot com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2007 by You Hyun Jo

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.