Cultural Post #4

[Sarah Kwon]

The Korean alphabet is called Hangul (한글) and was created in the 15th century by Sejong the Great. Before the 15th century, Koreans mainly used Classical Chinese. Hangul is comprised of 24 alphabets and has 19 consonants and 21 vowels. The letters are grouped into syllabic blocks, both vertically and horizontally. The Korean alphabet and writing system are usually very straightforward. With pronunciation, the way it is spelled is usually the way it is pronounced. There are little to no irregularities in the language. There are 4 types of sentence order in Korean: subject + noun, subject + verb, subject + adjective, and subject + object + verb.