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You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of the Korean language. | You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of the Korean language. | ||
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As part of a project abandoned in 2012, South Korea sought to export the alphabet abroad to provide a writing system for linguistic minorities lacking a proper writing system. | As part of a project abandoned in 2012, South Korea sought to export the alphabet abroad to provide a writing system for linguistic minorities lacking a proper writing system. | ||
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The Chinese writing system is considered logographic. Korean also uses <span class="notranslate">Hanja</span> and Japanese uses <span class="notranslate">Kanji</span>, which would both be considered logographic. | The Chinese writing system is considered logographic. Korean also uses <span class="notranslate">Hanja</span> and Japanese uses <span class="notranslate">Kanji</span>, which would both be considered logographic. | ||
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Japanese <span class="notranslate">Hiragana</span>, <span class="notranslate">Katakana</span> and <span class="notranslate">Hangeul</span> are all phonographic but that <span class="notranslate">Hangeul</span> has the distinction of also being phonocharacterized. Initially, the alphabet had twenty-eight main letters, which over time have been reduced to twenty-four. | Japanese <span class="notranslate">Hiragana</span>, <span class="notranslate">Katakana</span> and <span class="notranslate">Hangeul</span> are all phonographic but that <span class="notranslate">Hangeul</span> has the distinction of also being phonocharacterized. Initially, the alphabet had twenty-eight main letters, which over time have been reduced to twenty-four. | ||
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* 3 basic vowels <span class="notranslate">[ •, ㅣ, ㅡ]</span> from which derive the first ten, simple, or iotized, vowels. | * 3 basic vowels <span class="notranslate">[ •, ㅣ, ㅡ]</span> from which derive the first ten, simple, or iotized, vowels. | ||
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From the fourteen simple consonants <span class="notranslate">(ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅇ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, ㅎ)</span> are derived in turn five double consonants <span class="notranslate">(ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ)</span> and eleven complex combinations <span class="notranslate">(ㄳ, ㄵ, ㄶ, ㄺ, ㄼ, ㄻ, ㄽ, ㄿ, ㄾ, ㅀ, ㅄ)</span>. | From the fourteen simple consonants <span class="notranslate">(ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅇ, ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, ㅎ)</span> are derived in turn five double consonants <span class="notranslate">(ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ)</span> and eleven complex combinations <span class="notranslate">(ㄳ, ㄵ, ㄶ, ㄺ, ㄼ, ㄻ, ㄽ, ㄿ, ㄾ, ㅀ, ㅄ)</span>. | ||
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*ㅣ [i] | *ㅣ [i] | ||
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===Basic Consonants=== | ===Basic Consonants=== | ||
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===Compound Vowels=== | ===Compound Vowels=== | ||
====Complex Vowels==== | ====Complex Vowels==== | ||
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===Double Consonants=== | ===Double Consonants=== | ||
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===Complex combinations=== | ===Complex combinations=== | ||
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===Summary=== | ===Summary=== | ||
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|ㅄ | |ㅄ | ||
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==Video - Korean Alphabet Pronunciation by a Native Speaker== | ==Video - Korean Alphabet Pronunciation by a Native Speaker== | ||
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