BEGINNING KOREAN: A GRAMMAR GUIDE
www.cls.arizona.edu › kor › supplementsA Brief Introduction to the Korean Writing System, Hangeul The Korean alphabet, hangeul, is among the most significant achievements of Korean history and culture. Among the world's writing systems, hangeul is special in several regards. First, hangeul did not arise through happenstance: it was created in the mid 15th century through the intentional actions of Korea's Great King
Hangul - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HangulThe Korean alphabet, known as Hangul in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is a writing system for the Korean language created by King Sejong the Great in 1443. The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs used to pronounce them, and they are systematically modified to indicate phonetic features; similarly, the vowelletters are systematically modifie…