What is the history of hangul??
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The Korean alphabet (Hangul, 한글) is the native script of Korea, created in the mid fifteenth century by King Sejong, as both a complement and an alternative to the logographic Sino-Korean Hanja. ... In the twentieth century the morpho-syllabic tradition was revived.
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It is facinating as you asked about the history of hangul as people temd to focus on the language more.
It is facinating as you asked about the history of hangul as people temd to focus on the language more. I suggest for people to learn about the korean culture along with the langugae then the learning seems very fun! :)
History:
Usually, we don’t discuss history when it comes to writing systems, but the history of Hangul is absolutely fascinating and you’ll surely want to find out more.
The Korean alphabet, also known as 'Hangul" in South Korea and "Chosŏn’gŭl" in North Korea, was invented in 1443 by King Sejong the Great, the fourth king in the Joseon dynasty of Korea.
For hundreds of years before Hangul was created, Koreans wrote using "Classical Chinese characters" (Hanja) alongside other native phonetic writing systems.
However, many lower-class people didn’t know how to read or write because of the fundamental differences between Korean and Chinese and, of course, because of the large number of Chinese characters. After all, even today, many people find Chinese and Japanese very difficult to learn because of their complex writing systems.
Thus, to help more common people become literate, King Sejong the Great, personally created and promulgated a new alphabet: the Korean alphabet. The new writing system was designed so that people with little to no education could easily learn how to read and write.
Opposition and revival:
But that’s not how the story ends. The new alphabet faced opposition by the literary elite who believed Hanja was the only legitimate writing system and saw the circulation of the Korean alphabet as a threat to their status.
Nonetheless, the Korean alphabet entered popular culture and was especially used by women and popular fiction writers.
In 1504, King Yeonsangun banned the study and publication of the Korean alphabet after a document criticizing him was published.
However, the late 16th and 17th centuries saw a revival of the Korean alphabet when poetry and novels written in the Korean alphabet flourished.
Then, thanks to Korean nationalism and Western missionaries’ promotion of the Korean alphabet, Hangul (a term coined by linguist Ju Si-gyeong in 1912) was adopted in official documents for the first time in 1894.
The use of Hangul met even more opposition and reforms under the Japanese rule but had eventually become the exclusive writing system in both North and South Korea after 1950.
thats the brief Introduction on hangul :D I hope it was helpful and happy learning!!
