Language (Hangeul)
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Structure of Hangeul
- The main principles of Hunminjeongeum, the protocol of Hangeul, can be explained by two aspects, which demonstrate the superiority of Hangeul.
- The shapes of letters comes from the images of speech organ, earth, sky and man.
- Based on the basic letters, rest letters of the alphabet were added to raise association.
- Hangeul is a phonemic writing system that has differing consonant and vowels units.
- The characteristics of Hangeul is that the two differing consonants and vowels form a syllable when combined, which is similar to the syllabic character system.
- Basic Unit (24 letters) = Consonants (14 letters) + Vowels (10 letters)
| Consonants | Letter | ㄱ | ㄴ | ㄷ | ㄹ | ㅁ | ㅂ | ㅅ | ㅇ | ㅈ | ㅊ | ㅋ | ㅌ | ㅍ | ㅎ |
| Name | gi yeok |
nieun | di geut |
rieul | mieum | bieup | siot | ieung | jieut | chieut | kieuk | tieut | pieup | hieut | |
| Vowels | Letter | ㅏ | ㅑ | ㅓ | ㅕ | ㅗ | ㅛ | ㅜ | ㅠ | ㅡ | ㅣ | ||||
| Name | a | ya | eo | yeo | o | yo | u | yu | eu | i | |||||
- Compound Unit (16 letters) = Consonants (5 letters) + Vowels (11 letters)
| Consonants | Letter | ㄲ | ㄸ | ㅃ | ㅆ | ㅉ | ||||||
| Name | Ssang giyeok |
Ssang digeut |
Ssang bieup |
Ssang siot |
Ssang jieut |
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| ㄱ+ㄱ | ㄷ+ㄷ | ㅂ+ㅂ | ㅅ+ㅅ | ㅈ+ㅈ | ||||||||
| Vowels | Letter | ㄲ | ㄸ | ㅃ | ㅆ | ㅉ | ||||||
| Name | ae | yae | e | ye | wa | wae | oe | wo | we | wi | ui | |
| ㅏ+ㅣ | ㅑ+ㅣ | ㅓ+ㅣ | ㅕ+ㅣ | ㅗ+ㅏ | ㅗ+ㅐ | ㅗ+ㅣ | ㅜ+ㅓ | ㅜ+ㅔ | ㅜ+ | ㅡ+ㅣ | ||
- Rules [system] of spelling of Hangeul
| - Beginning Sound Letters |
| ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ ㄲ ㄸ ㅃ ㅆ ㅉ (19) |
| - Middle Sound Letters |
| ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ ㅐ ㅒ ㅔ ㅖ ㅘ ㅚ ㅙ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅢ (21) |
| - Ending Consonant Letters |
| Single ending consonant : ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ ㄲ ㅆ (16) |
| Double ending consonant : ㄳ ㄵ ㄶ ㄺ ㄻ ㄼ ㄽ ㄾ ㄿ ㅀ ㅄ (11) |
Hangeul in Korea
- Hangeul is the 13th most widely used language in the world, following Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, English, Bengali, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, German, French and Indonesia.
