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Authority

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN)

bgn

Systems: 3
With test vectors: 3
Source scripts: 3
Destination: Latn
Years: 1930–1943
Languages: 2

Publication timeline

Systems by decade.

1930s 1
1940s 2

Source scripts covered

3 scripts.

Hangul (Hangŭl, Hangeul) Hang 1 system
Japanese syllabaries (alias for Hiragana + Katakana) Hrkt 1 system
Korean (alias for Hangul + Han) Kore 1 system

Systems

All 3 transliteration systems.

1930
Japanese Modified Hepburn (1962) bgn-jpn-Hrkt-Latn-1962

Hrkt Latn

しんばし shimbashi
1943
Korean McCune-Reischauer (Hangul to Latin) (1943 Agreement) bgn-kor-Hang-Latn-1943

Hang Latn

서울 Sŏul
1943
Korean McCune-Reischauer (Korean to Latin) (1943 Agreement) bgn-kor-Kore-Latn-1943

Kore Latn

서울 Sŏul