SDLC 110 Cultural Post #4

[Enzo Vargas]

The Korean alphabet, Hangul, is one of the most, if not the most well thought out and well designed alphabets in existence. The alphabet is phonetic, meaning the letters correspond to sounds and contains 24 letters. The letters are broken down into 14 consonants and 10 vowels. Since Hangul is so well designed, it’s actually very easy to learn. I spent some time on my own and was able to learn the entire alphabet in about half a day of diligent studying. When it comes to writing, the letters are placed in a quadrant system and read in a top-down style from quadrant to quadrant. It sounds complicated but it’s an easy system to get used to.