Hangul

Hangul (??) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. For other Romanized spellings of "Hangul", please see Names below.

Related Topics:
Alphabet - Korean language - Hanja - China - Romanized - Names

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While Hangul may appear logographic to the uninitiated, it is actually phonemic. Each Hangul syllabic block consists of at least two of the 24 alphabetic letters (jamo): 14 consonants and 10 vowels. Historically, the alphabet had several more consonants and vowels. (See Obsolete Jamo.) For a phonological description of the letters, see Phonology.

Related Topics:
Logographic - Phonemic - Jamo - Consonant - Vowel - Obsolete Jamo - Phonology

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