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Hangeul

  • Invented in 1444 and made known in 1446 during the reign of King Sejong (r.1418-1450)
  • Originally called Hunmin jeongeum, or "The correct sounds for the instruction of the people"
  • "Hangeul" was coined by a Korean linguist called Ju Si-gyeong (1876-1914).
  • In North Korea the alphabet is known as josoen guel.

Korean Language Today

Romanization

Korean words borrowed from English words

+ S.Korea vs N.Korea

  • Two standard varieties of Korean: Seoul and Pyongyang
  • Both dialects are distinguished and regulated by each country's national language policy.
  • Difference in minor matters of spelling, alphabetization, and vocabulary choice
  • Both endorse the unified standards proposed by the Korean Language Society in 1933.

http://www.linguajunkie.com/korean-phrases/easy-korean-vocabulary-61-korean-words-that-sound-like-english-words

History of Korean Alphabet

Hanja

  • Chinese words borrowed and incorporated into Korean with Korean pronunciation
  • Vast majority of Korean literature and most other Korean documents were written in hanja
  • Eventually King Sejong the Great promoted the invention of hangul in the 15th century

How to Read Korean

  • Obscure origins
  • Possibly belongs to Altaic language family
  • Yet Chinese influenced Korean greatly (different family)
  • From 6th to 14th centuries, groups of ancient times merged into single language
  • By the 15th century, Korean had emerged as the modern-day language we now know

Number of letter: 24 (jamo): 14 consonants and 10 vowels.

The letters are combined together into syllable blocks.

https://mannamkorean.wordpress.com/tag/korean-number/

Korea: Its Language and History

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