Makeup of Korean Vocabulary:
1) Native Korean words
2) Sino-Korean words
3) Loan Words
큰사전 (1947) (Big Dictionary) |
한국어대사전 (1976) (Great Korean Dictionary) |
Sohn (1999) |
Sohn (2006) |
|
| Native Korean | 45% |
41% |
35% |
30% |
| Sino-Korean | 52% |
54% |
60% |
65% |
| Loan Words | 3% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
[Source: Sohn (1994)]