The Korean writing system is very unique and is not similar to any other language in the world or even in Asia. It is a language with very few number of alphabets and when you ask a lot of Koreans, they will say that a particular Korean word looks like how it sounds like. There are exactly 14 consonants and 10 vowels. These consonants and vowels can be combined to form different words.
Additionally, the Korean writing system is interesting in the fact that one letter (that contains at least one consonant and a vowel) has one syllable. Unlike English, where one word can have multiple syllables, Korean words can only have one syllable. Also, the Korean writing system is fairly new as it was invented by King Sejong in the 1400's. Even though I mentioned that the Korean language is not similar to other languages, it has a lot of derivations from the Chinese language and some Japanese words as well.
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