The shape of the LETTERS imatates the TONGUE!

Korean is the most perfect phonetic system ever devised.

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Hangeul is one of the youngest alphabets in the world, inspired and created by King Sejong (which we have already talked about in previous posts). Linguists undoubtedly love Korean as they describe it as "the most perfect phonetic system ever devised" and there is no doubt, as it is a very well designed language.

The Korean letters may seem meaningless, but there is a much more complex history behind them.

💚From the beginning, the Korean alphabet was intended to be easy and quick to learn, as the needs of Korea at the time demanded the preservation of its culture and history through oral stories from generation to generation.  

💜Unlike Chinese or Japanese, which have hundreds or even thousands of characters, each with 10, 15 or even more strokes, the most complex Korean letter (or character) has only five strokes!

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Moreover, Hangeul (korean) is a very scientific alphabet. Once you manage to understand the logic behind it, the learning journey becomes easier.

👀This is why the following was considered:

✅If you look at the shape of its letters, you will see that they mimic what the tongue does to pronounce them.

Korean uses distinct strokes to indicate distinctive features such as place of articulation (labial, coronal, velar, glottal), form of articulation (occlusal, nasal, sibilant, aspiration).

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Personally I think korean is a language that was very well thought out from the beginning. What do you think? let me know in the comments.