한글 "Hangeul/Hangul"
- Koreans own unique alphabet. It is considered as one of the most efficient, scientific and systematic writing system in the world.
- it was created under King Sejong and his group of royal scholars during the Joseon Dynasty. In 1446, the first Korean alphabet was proclaimed under the original name "Hunmin-jeongeum", which literally meant "the correct sounds for the instruction of the people".
- Korean is even more phonetic than that of English and many other languages, in that each consonant and vowel in Korean mostly have only one sound.
- literally means "the Korean writing."
In 한글, the Korean alphabet, consists of 14 consonants and 10 vowels.
• Cosonants: ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ
• Vowels: ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ
In addition, there are 5 double consonants and 11 double vowels.
• Double Consonants: ㄲ ㄸ ㅃ ㅆ ㅉ
• Double Vowels: ㅐ ㅒ ㅔ ㅖ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅢ
Additionally, there are 11 final double consonants.
• Final Double Consonants: ㄳ ㄵ ㄶ ㄺ ㄻ ㄼ ㄽ ㄾ ㄿ ㅀ ㅄ
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모음 VOWELS
- has a total of 21 vowel symbols:
- 11 basic-vowels & 10 double-vowel symbols.
>|The 11 Basic-Vowel Symbols;
Vowel Romanized Read as
ㅏ a father, sad
ㅓ eo uh-oh
ㅗ o home, Rome
ㅜ u boot, moon
ㅡ eu pull, Kurt, curtain
ㅣ i feet, tip
ㅐ ae care, flame
ㅔ e set, pet
ㅚ oe wet
ㅟ wi we are the world
ㅢ ui (eu in pull, followed by i in feet, but said quickly as one sound)
>|The 10 Double-Vowel Symbols:
Vowel Romanized Read as
ㅑ ya yard, yacht
ㅕ yeo yonder, young
ㅛ yo yoga
ㅠ yu yuletide, unique
ㅒ yae yankie, Yale
ㅖ ye yehey!, yes
*the above six double-vowel symbols are results of adding one more stroke (adding the y sound) to the first six vowel symbols (e.g., adding a stroke to ㅏ "a," you get ㅑ "ya").
ㅘ wa wine
ㅝ wo wonder
ㅙ wae wait
ㅞ we when
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