한국에서의 중앙아시아 언어 연구 -1996년 이후의 사례를 중심으로- = The Study of Central Asian Languages in Korea -Focusing on Cases Since 1996-

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Korean Association for Central Asian Studies was founded as a formal society in 1996. Its forerunner was the Central Asian Study group which had met since 1992. The journal of the Korean Association for Central Asian Studies is Central Asian Studies [中央아시아硏究] which have been published since 1996 and became one of the registered journals of Korea. Central Asian Studies is a representative expert journal for Central Asian studies in Korea. Focusing on cases since 1996, this paper makes a general survey of Central Asian studies in Korea. The basic data for this paper was collected from the following sources: (1) the journal of Central Asian Studies [中央아시아硏究] of the Korean Association for Central Asian Studies, (2) the journal of Mongolian Studies [몽골학] of the Korean Association for Mongolian Studies, (3) the journal of Altai Hakpo [알타이학보] of the Altaic Society of Korea, (4) the master’s/doctoral theses, the other journals, and books searched in the search box of the National Assembly Library. All the papers or theses on the following languages are the subjects of study: (1) the Turkic languages spoken in Central Asia, (2) all the Mongolic languages, (3) the Sibe language from the Tungusic languages, (4) the other languages in Central Asia. The following points were verified as the result of this survey, although it remained on the statistical level: (1) In connection with the “Altaic languages”, the Mongolic languages are most actively studied in Korea. (2) In connection with the “Altaic languages”, the Turkic languages are poorly studied in Korea. (3) The comparison with the Korean language is playing a significant role. (4) The journal of Central Asian Studies seems to be at the level of a journal in Korea. (5) The journal of Mongolian Studies seems to get out of the level of a journal in Korea. However, the subjects are specialized for the Mongolic languages. Most foreign authors are Mongols. (6) The journal of Altai Hakpo also seems to get out of the level of a journal in Korea. The papers of the foreign researchers of various nationalities are published in this journal. However, the foreign languages used in this journal are mostly limited to English or Chinese. (7) There is a very limited number of researchers who specialized in the “Altaic languages”. It is the case for the Turkic languages in particular.