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Korean Consonants 1: Mastering the 10 Basic Sounds

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A Friendly Deep-Dive for English-Speaking Beginners When you start learning Hangul (the Korean alphabet), the first real wall is usually consonants.English has consonants too, of course, but the sound system is different enough that many beginners say: “It looks like ‘g’ or ‘t’… but it doesn’t quite sound like it.” If you treat Korean consonants…

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What Is Hangul? A Unique Korean Alphabet Designed for Everyone

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What is Hangul? Hangul(한글) is the Korean alphabet created specifically for writing the Korean language. Unlike most alphabets whose origins are lost in history, Hangul has a fully documented beginning. It was invented in 1443 by King Sejong the Great and his scholars with a clear mission: to give ordinary people an easy, logical writing…