From October 4 through this Friday (Oct.11) is the Jeju Language Week.
To celebrate the week, a special exhibition displaying the Jeju Language dictionary, materials on spoken language and picture books takes place.
Joseph Kim reports.

[slug] Vocabulary notebooks compiled by Hyeon Pyeong-hyo
A number of notebooks faded with a yellow tinge are stacked.
They are vocabulary notebooks compiled by the nation’s first Jeju Language researcher, (현평호) Hyeon Pyeong-hyo.

[slug] Research launched in 1950s, 13,000 vocabularies collected
He traveled the whole island on foot in the 1950s and collected 13,000 words in the Jeju Language. The compiled vocabularies later became important materials of the Jeju Language dictionary.

[slug] Regions included in vocabulary notebooks
Information on where a word is commonly used was also included in his notebooks.

[slug] “Jeju Language, Showing Jeju” on display, until Oct.15 at Position Min Jeju
Research results and materials on the Jeju Language are on display to celebrate Jeju Language Week.

[slug] Jeju Language dictionary, materials on display
The Jeju Language dictionary, materials on the spoken dialect, educational materials and picture books are on display.

INTERVIEW
Gang Yeong-bong / Director, Jeju Language Institute
The exhibition is aimed to promote and encourage people to garner interest in the local language.
<인터뷰 : 강영봉/제주어연구소 이사장>
"제주어를 이렇게 활용할 수 있을 것이라는 홍보 차원도 있을 것이고, 또 하나는 제주어에 관심을 갖는 계기가 되기를 바라고 있습니다."

The exhibition is a part of an effort to preserve and pass down the Jeju language that has been classified as an endangered language by UNESCO, to next generations.
Visitors can have a peep at the efforts that have been made by organizations and artists at the exhibition.

[Reporter] Joseph Kim
[Camera] Jwa Sang-eun

The exhibition “Jeju Language, Showing Jeju” will continue until October 15th at Position Min Jeju in (삼도동) Samdo-dong.

Joseph Kim, KCTV