I found that learning to read in Korean was pretty difficult for me. For some reason, the characters seemed less intuitive than Cyrillic for me (possibly because the characters look more similar/are harder to differentiate). Also, the fact that the sound of the character is drastically affected by it's surrounding characters has made reading a lot harder for me. As a result, sounds that are considered drastically different in the English language, like t and d or r and l blend together.
With that being said, I like how some characters in the Korean alphabet are predictable. For instance, the "yah" character looks very similar to the "ah" character. This repetition cut down on some of the time that it took to learn the alphabet. Also, the fact that the Korean alphabet only has 30ish characters makes it much easier to learn than other alphabets that have more (like Chinese).
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