Hangul supremacy

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Hangul consists of 24 letters, including 10 vowels and 14 consonants — seen here

Hangul scientific supremacy is a belief that the Hangul alphabet invented by King Sejong the Great in 1443, is the simplest, most logical, most ingenious and most scientific writing system in the world.[1][2][3] Such belief is not supported by qualified linguistic institutes in Korea, including The National Institute of the Korean Language.[4]

The belief is based on a few notions, one of which is that Hangul was designed in a way that was relatively very simple to learn. The belief sometimes includes a misconception that Hangul is the sole writing system in the world whose founder is known.[2] (See List of creators of writing systems) Confusing writing system with language, the belief occasionally holds the notion that the Korean language, being wrongly referred to as 'Hangul', has many linguistic advantages, including that it is among the best languages for learning maths.[5]

The Harvard professor, Edwin Reischauer, a Japanologist, regarded Hangul as a highly logical system of writing.

Edwin O. Reischauer and John K. Fairbank of Harvard University co-wrote in their book that "Hangul is perhaps the most scientific system of writing in general use in any country."[6]

Former professor of Leiden University, Frits Vos stated that King Sejong, "invented the world's best alphabet" adding, "It is clear that the Korean alphabet is not only simple and logical, but has, moreover, been constructed in a purely scientific way."[7]

One scholar even stated the scientific superiority of Hangul as one of the reasons for the rise of Korea as an information technology powerhouse and another stating that Hangul must unquestionably rank as one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind.[2][8]

Also, according to Harold Piper, a writer, the belief holds that Hangul is in fact best suited for the expression of sounds in all languages.[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ "::: Hanstyle :::". Han-style.com:8001. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Korean Writing System - Hangul". www.antiquealive.com. 2004. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  3. ^ "Today is a Holiday in Honor of the World's Most Remarkable Alphabet". mentalfloss.com. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  4. ^ "국립국어원 온라인 소식지". news.korean.go.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  5. ^ >Shellenbarger, Sue (2014-09-15). "The Best Language for Math". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  6. ^ Korea Newsreview. (1988). South Korea: Korea News review Incorporated. Volume 17, Issues 27-53, page 29
  7. ^ Papers of the C.I.C. Far Eastern Language Institute, the University of Michigan, 1968, Indiana University, 1969 [and] the University of Minnesota, 1970. Richard B. Mather, Editor. (1973). United States: Panel on Far Eastern Language Institutes of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.
  8. ^ "Hankul in The AnswerBank: Phrases & Sayings". www.theanswerbank.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  9. ^ "[Viewpoint] Hats off to Hangul-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily". Koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  10. ^ "Nation celebrates Korean alphabet's creation on 567th Hangul Day". Asia Heartbeat. Arirang International Broadcasting Foundation.

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