Fourth Cultural Post: Target Language's Writing System
The Korean language writing is a phonetic system. Structurally, the letters are placed into square syllabic blocks, which are combined to form words.
The Korean alphabet consists of 14 consonants and 10 vowels.
14 consonants: ㅂㅈㄷㄱㅅㅁㄴㅇㄹㅎㅋㅌㅊㅍ
10 vowels: ㅛㅕㅑㅐㅔㅗㅓㅏㅣㅠㅜㅡ
The characters are written in vertical columns from top to bottom and right to left, or from left to right in horizontal lines.
When written the vowels cannot be written alone, so you place the consonant ㅇ(“i-eung”) in front of the vowel and is silent. For example,
ㅏ(“a”) + o (“i-eung”) = a
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