The transcription of a place name is considered by the Central Place Name Committee. But a standard orthography has not been established, until now. Because of it the transcription of a place name is in a state of confusion.
We discussed a importance ...
The transcription of a place name is considered by the Central Place Name Committee. But a standard orthography has not been established, until now. Because of it the transcription of a place name is in a state of confusion.
We discussed a importance of establishment of a representative form and its difficult. Romanized place name that is to say, representative form of place name is used a traffic sign. 'Piat-gol' is articulated as [pʰibatgol]. But a transcription of it is ‘피밭골, 피밧골, 피박골’ dtc. And a transcription of [tətgol] is ‘텃골, 턱골, 터꼴’.
We discussed a representative form of ‘피밭골, 피밧골, 피박골’ and ‘텃골, 턱골, 터꼴’ should be ‘피밭골’ and ‘텃골’. The current rule of orthography and an actual pronunciation of a native residents and an etymology of it must be a major factor, in this process.