Origin of Hangul
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title:
Origin of Hangul
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Hangul (Korean: 한글) is the native script of Korea. It was created in the mid fifteenth century by King Sejong, as both a complement and an alternative to the logographic Sino-Korean Hanja. Initially denounced by the educated class as eonmun, it only became the primary Korean script following independence from Japan in the mid-20th century. The Korean alphabet is a featural alphabet written in morpho-syllabic blocks, and was designed for both the Korean and Chinese languages, though the letters s
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Native script of Korea, created in the mid fifteenth century
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_Hangul
date created:
2008-05-17T09:29:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T08:44:08Z
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