Wiktionary:About Jeju

Jeju is a critically-endangered Koreanic language spoken on Jeju Island, descended largely from Middle Korean, with some terms derived from Old Korean directly. Jeju did not have a vibrant written history until very recently, so pre-revitalization-efforts Jeju is extremely difficult to find outside of mentions. Due to it being related to Korean, there exists a continuum between Jeju and Jeju-tinged Korean; however, it is not yet clear where one ends and one begins in terms of entries.

Orthograhy
Entries should be lemmatized at the orthography prescribed by the 제주어 표기법, created by the Provincial Jeju Government, and further expanded upon by the 제주어 표기법 해설. This means the following:
 * Spellings using the and  should be prioritized over those that do not.
 * In the case of, excluding Hanja terms, the spelling with should be prioritized.
 * In the case of, excluding Hanja terms, the spelling with should be prioritized.
 * For usage examples and individual entries, &  should be used over other various forms.
 * In the case of verb and adjective dictionary forms stated to have an epenthetic by various dictionaries, one should lemmatize the entry at the non-epenthetic spelling. For example,  is the main entry with  linking to it.
 * The forms derived from terms involving the Middle Korean glide should be lemmatized at the  form in Jeju instead of  as in Korean, unless proven otherwise.
 * In the case of terms that have a direct Old Korean inheritance and an Early Modern Korean borrowing, the former should be lemmatized, with the latter being listed as a synonym. The same applies to native Jeju terms vs clear Korean borrowings.

The above guidelines should be followed, unless the other form is much more common in Jeju texts that already follow a somewhat standard writing style. The 표기법 is silent on the issue of vs,  vs , etc. that Yang et al (2019) posit, and as such, this issue remains unresolved. Additionally, when it comes to allomorphic forms of, ( is allowed and suggested by the 표기법, and as such, is prioritized; however, for ) that Yang et al (2019) additionally use, for now, it should not be put in conjugation tables as it is a normal sound change and is proscribed by the 표기법. At best, a usage note should be made.

As in Korean, use  for capitalization in entries:  yields.

Hyphens are stripped from display but not from links (Module:script utilities):
 * jje→;

Romanization
Jeju on Wiktionary uses the Revised Romanization system, with modifications for new characters. Transliteration is done automatically per Module:jje-translit, so there's no need to add a manual transliteration, unless there's a stark difference.

Hanja
As Hanja has not yet been cited in native Jeju literature, do NOT create Hanja entries for Jeju.

Etymology
Jeju terms should be linked to any Old Korean and/or Middle Korean terms when an acceptable form is found, with the following caveats.

Native Jeju
For native Jeju terms:


 * Terms that have an intervocalic should not be inherited from the respective Middle Korean term with . They should instead be listed as inherited from the Old Korean form, if it exists. For terms that mirror the Modern Korean form, showing the loss of intervocalic, they should be listed as borrowed from the Early Modern Korean cognate.
 * For example:
 * There are two descendants in Jeju of Old Korean : and . The former, clearly preserving the, is listed as coming directly from the aforementioned Old Korean term; however, the latter doublet without  is listed as being borrowed from Early Modern Korean . This follows the diacronic development discussed in John Stonham (2011), “Middle Korea ㅿ and the Cheju dialect".


 * Terms that have should either be inherited directly from the attested Old Korean ancestor or from a reconstructed pre-Middle Korean form without linking to it. An example can be seen in.

"Sino-Jeju"
For general terms of Sino origin:


 * Use until a Jeju-specific template has been created.
 * If a Sino-looking term does not follow typical Jeju Sino readings, mark it as a borrowing from Korean, using.
 * It's currently unclear what to do about orthographic borrowings from Japanese. For now, use.

Borrowed terms
For borrowings said to come from Japanese:
 * Use to show it as a borrowing from Japanese. Ex:.

For borrowings said to come from Mongolian:
 * Use to show it as a borrowing from Middle Mongol, and list the related Mongolian term as a cognate. Ex:.

For borrowings said to come from Manchu:
 * Use to show it as a borrowing from Jurchen, and list the related Manchu term as a cognate. Ex:.

For other borrowings:
 * Use . Ex:.

For terms of unclear origin:
 * Use if the origin has been debated in reputable sources, but no definite answer has been given.
 * Use if the origin is completely unknown to reputable sources. Ex:.

Cognates
List related Korean cognates using.

Multiple etymologies
For pages with multiple etymologies under the same Jeju L2, make sure to use to disambiguate between them when linking to the page.

Pronunciation
Use if possible, even while it's in beta. However, if you see an error or something that looks out of place, feel free to put which will add it to Category:Requests for pronunciation in Jeju entries. This way, it's easier to track the issues that are occurring instead of trying to track manually inputted IPA.

Parts of speech
As of right now, dedicated Jeju headword templates have yet to be created; as such, use with "POS" being the respective part-of-speech. Part-of-speech on Wiktionary should align with the below:
 * "Noun" for.
 * "Bound noun" for, minus explicit measure words. (NOTE: This heading is technically disallowed by WT:EL, but as it has been in use with Korean for years, it's been de facto allowed.)
 * "Pronoun" for.
 * "Verb" for, explicitly not for.
 * "Verb" for inflected forms of Jeju verbs.
 * "Adjective" for, even when the English translation seems to indicate a verb.
 * "Adjective" for inflected forms of Jeju adjectives.
 * "Determiner" for.
 * "Adverb" for, except and.
 * "Particle" for.
 * "Prefix" for.
 * "Suffix" for and.
 * "Numeral" for . Make sure to use as well at the start of the entry.
 * "Counter" for.
 * "Ideophone" for and.
 * "Interjection" for.
 * "Phrase" for general phrases, which follow the WT:Phrasebook guidelines.
 * "Proverb" for.

Verbs and adjective inflection and conjugation
For now, since we do not have dedicated conjugation modules and templates for Jeju, we will list the infinitive and sequential forms in the headword line. Jeju has two infinitives, one with. Both should be listed. The sequential form in use will involve the suffix. For forms with contractions in infinitives, those should be listed as well. This will look something like this:
 * . For existing examples, see: and.

In the future for conjugation templates, the following speech levels should be listed to help facilitate searches:
 * (e.g. ᄒᆞᆸ네다, ᄒᆞ여ᇝ수과): Formal and polite, including both &  forms
 * (e.g. ᄒᆞᆫ다, ᄒᆞ자): Formal and non-polite
 * (e.g. ᄒᆞ연, 헷어): Informal, of neutral to low politeness
 * (e.g. ᄒᆞ게마씀, ᄒᆞ는가마씀): Informal, polite

Definition
Do NOT assume that a Jeju word will have the same meaning as a Korean word and leave it at that. Several Jeju cognates have completely different meanings and nuances, so make sure to do proper research before creating an entry. Ex: Jeju means "sweet potato," while Korean  means "potato". The respective word for "potato" in Jeju is, while "sweet potato" in Korean is.

Collocations
If possible, add collocations using.

Quotations
Since Jeju is a critically-endangered language, it is paramount to its success and revitalization that proper quotations and usage examples be added to entries as much as possible. Even though Jeju only started to have a written history in the 1980s, there are now plenty of sources to pull from for quotations. This not only helps to give light to the different Jeju writers of our age, but it also gives readers more context, following the guidelines in WT:CFI and WT:QUOTE. Sources can also be audiovisual as well. Do not update spellings in quotes themselves; however, if a quote deviates far from the current orthography, feel free to use the parameter. A list of vetted sources can be found in the Sources section below.

Alternative forms
Alternative forms in Jeju entries include the following:
 * Dialectal forms, meaning forms that are marked with a specific location in Jeju dictionaries. If all forms are marked with a location, then the most common form should be lemmatized.
 * Proscribed forms, Contractions, Allomorphic forms (for suffixes and particles)

Usage notes
Detailed information about the usage or connotations of a word. Since Jeju differs significantly from English, a word may require significant explication about how the sense of a word differs from its simple English translation.

Derived terms
If derived terms are listed in the reference you're pulling from, make sure to add them at the same time. This helps a ton with keeping entries linked together and making it clear which entries still need to be made.

Images
If possible, try to add an image to the entry as it significantly helps to illustrate the meaning. Images can be pulled from Wikimedia Commons, and should be added to the top of the entry.

Basic example
This is a simple entry for the word 사름, and shows the most fundamental elements of an article:
 * 1) the word’s language (as a level 2 heading),
 * 2) its part of speech or "type" (as a level 3 heading),
 * 3) the word itself (using the correct Part of Speech template),
 * 4) a definition (preceded by , which causes automatic numbering),
 * 5) and links in the definition or translation for key words.

This example can be copied and used to start an article or section of an article.

Noun

 * 1) person, human

Featured examples
For examples of complete and detailed entries, take a look at (FWOTD for March 25, 2023),, and  for inspiration.