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Bok_Choi posted...

Banana_Mana posted...

Hangeul as a writing system is excellent.

However, I have a few issues with some aspects of it - mostly (and I can't use hangeul on here) to do with 4 block syllables where not all sounds are pronounced.

Chicken (dak) has an extra and unneeded character (r/l - in this case l), and also many (man-hi) isn't fully pronounced (the h sound isn't hit).

That's my only concern, and there are other examples.

Otherwise, hangeul can be learned in a day and the way it's used in spoken language can be quite beautiful.

Source... I lived in Korea for around 6 years, have an MSc in Applied Linguistics, am now doing a PhD in Linguistics. I also lecture at a university... You... Uh... Wanted a linguist, yeah?

my favorite is when koreans try to explain the difference between the "eh/ae" vowels

"one is EH and the other one is EH okay"

Can be hard for non-Koreans to pronounce the vowels. The hardest for me was the EU sound in komapsEUpnida (the _ sound... Wish we could type in hangeul).

Became a lot easier when I stopped using Seoul based studybooks to practise and went full with my Busan accent.

Hard to describe sounds in any language though. My biggest annoyance is American teachers here - they tend to teach the vowel a sound the same as the vowel o sound... Aa is not the same as Oo!
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