Middle Korean corresponds to the age from 10th century to 16th century, or from the era of Goryeo to the middle of Joseon.
The language standard of this period is based on the dialect of Gaeseong because the new Goryeo Dynasty moved its capital city to the north area of the Korean peninsula.
One of the main sources for information on Middle Korean is the Gyerim Ryusa 계림류사 雞林類事 ,a collection of several hundred items of Korean vocabulary with the pronunciation indicated through the use of Chinese characters. Anyone studying this work must of course be aware of the limits in the Chinese writing system's ability to transcribe foreign sounds.
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