Korean language history
Although Korean is classified as an isolate language, many theories have been proposed to explain the origin of Korean. Many linguists believe that Korean belongs to the Altaic languages of central Asia, a family that includes Turkish, Mongolian, and the Tungusic languages of Siberia. because of similarities in most grammatical elements, including articles, fusional morphology and relative pronouns. However, some argues that Korean might be related to Uralic and Japanese due to some overlap in vocabulary and similar grammatical features. Korean and Japanese can be related due to sprachbund, that is a group of languages that have become similar in some way because of geographical proximity and language contact.
The creation of the Hunminjeongeum, the original name of Hangul, was begun in 1443, and promulgated in 1446 by Sejong the Great, the 4th king of the Joseon Dynasty.
Originally, the language consisted of 17 consonants and 11 vowels, and the established consonants and 1 vowel have fallen into disuse bringing the total number of characters to 24. Syllables are formed by the selective combination of vowels and consonants to create words. Now Hangeul consists of ten vowels and fourteen consonants.
In Korean, a combination of vowels and consonants makes up a syllable, and it is written in the left to right and up to down directional style.
The Romanization of Korean is a system for representing the Korean language using the Latin script. Romanization is based on standard Korean pronunciation. Symbols other than Roman letters are avoided to the greatest extent possible.
a ----u simple vowels in Hanguk long vowels are not reflected in Romanization.
consonant g,k- The sounds and are transcribed respectively as g, d, and b when they appear a vowel; they are transcribed as k, t, and p when followed by another consonant or form the final sound of a word.
Knowing the creation of Hangul can help me to know the purpose of syllables and how I can correctly say a word by applying systematic rules: from left to right and from top to bottom. The romanization of korean is more like pinin in Chinese that as a tool for beginner to speak the word even if don't know how to write it.
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