Those of you who’ve been following my blog for a long time know I’ve been working on a HUGE project called Hangeul Assistant over on the Korean Wiki Project. Up until now, the main things you can do are:
- Type Korean on ANY computer exactly like you would on a Korean computer (with a visual Keyboard which you can either click the keys or just view it as a reference while typing)
- Conjugate verbs
- See pronunciation changes
Well, now I’ve started working on the last main feature which has, up until now, been completely missing. What’s the last piece of the puzzle? You’ve guessed it, texting! Now, you can type in Korean using Hangeul Assistant just like you would on a Korean cellphone. Currently, only the “Sky” system is implemented, but I’m planning on including all cellphone systems in the future. I’d enjoy any feedback y’all have, especially if you’ve used a SKY phone and know that something needs to be fixed.
Try it below:
For more information, check out the Hangeul Assistant page over on the Korean Wiki Project!
Well, yea, I’ve just been working hard over on the Korean Wiki Project. I just want to update everyone on it so we can get some feedback (if y’all have any).
One of our goals is to be the most comprehensive source for learning Hangeul. Yeah, yeah, I know there’s a number of sites out there for you to learn Hangeul. Nevertheless, we will have the most information for you on the language organized in a fashion so that you don’t have to be a linguist to understand things. Even in it’s current state, I think our Hangeul pages contain more information on the individual characters (excluding audio/video material) than just about any other site (I could be wrong, it’s happened before).
I’ve been going through the 자모 (letter) pages trying to find out what we needed to include. We don’t have any sound files, so please don’t complain that you don’t hear anything when you hit the play button on the examples. For now they’re just filler. Anyways, this is what we’ve come up with so far for the character pages:
http://www.koreanwikiproject.com/wiki/index.php?title=ㄱ
If the above link doesn’t work for you, try this one:
http://www.koreanwikiproject.com/wiki/index.php?title=%E3%84%B1
You can find more information on the other characters, but ㄱ is really the page we’re working on before completely deciding on a style and how to present the information.
So, what do y’all think? Any suggestions? Please remember that it’s a (major) work in progress, so be nice 
Want to learn about the various dialects of Korean? Why would you want to learn a dialect? Here’s one example showing the different ways to say dragonfly (잠자리):
Here’s a quick map showing the different dialects and where they’re spoken:
You can click on an area from the map on the dialects page over on the Korean Wiki Project to learn more about its dialect. We currently have a lot up on the following dialects:
We need more information on:
If you know anything about those dialects, we would love for you to contribute your unique knowledge! Just create an account and start editing away.
For those that might not know, there’s a great project that I’m a part of called the Korean Wiki Project that can help anyone learning Korean (though right now you have to already be able to read Hangeul). I’m going to spotlight a page from there every so often so I can give you a taste of what we do over there and maybe you’ll go check it out and hopefully help contribute your knowledge.
Below is a chart my Korean teacher gave us to learn the names of departments and positions in Korean companies. How many do you know without looking it up? For more information and translations of the terms from the charts, check out the links at the bottom of this post.
For the full page, go to the Work page in the Vocabulary section at the Korean Wiki Project. There are probably terms that aren’t found on the work page, feel free to contribute your knowledge of business positions, departments, etc. by creating an account and editing the page.
As always if you’re on a computer that doesn’t have Korean input installed and would like to type in 한글 or if you want to learn how to type in Korean, you can use the Hangeul Assistant, a free online program I wrote for the Korean Wiki Project. Just bookmark it and use it when you need it!
I’ve added a new section to the Korean Wiki Project so that we can learn Korean through media. Rather than just posting lyrics and vocabulary, we’ll use the power of the wiki to connect words and vocabulary forms from the lyrics to the relevant pages. I’ve edited 2NE1’s I Don’t Care lyrics (click to view) so that you can click on grammar forms and some words to read more information on subjects relating to the words. Any thoughts or comments on this new section?
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