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  2. Hangul - Wikipedia

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    Hangul is the official writing system throughout both North and South Korea. It is a co-official writing system in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture and Changbai Korean Autonomous County in Jilin Province, China. Hangul has also seen limited use by speakers of the Cia-Cia language in Buton, Indonesia. [12]

  3. Origin of Hangul - Wikipedia

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    The inscription on a statue of King Sejong, illustrating the original forms of the letters. It reads 세종대왕, Sejong Daewang. Note the dots on the vowels, the geometric symmetry of s and j in the first two syllables, the asymmetrical lip at the top-left of the d in the third, and the distinction between initial and final ieung in the last.

  4. List of English words of Korean origin - Wikipedia

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    Hangul: hangeul 한글: Korean alphabet [3] Jeonse: jeonse 전세 (傳貰) a long-held renting arrangement where tenants pay lump-sum deposit for usually two years: Korea: Goryeo 고려 (高麗) a historic dynasty of Korea (see Names of Korea) [4] [5] Won: won 원 (圓) the basic monetary unit of North and South Korea [6] [7]

  5. Korean language - Wikipedia

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    가게에 gage-e store- LOC 가셨어요? ga-syeo-sseo-yo go- HON. PAST - CONJ - POL 가게에 가셨어요? gage-e ga-syeo-sseo-yo store-LOC go-HON.PAST-CONJ-POL 'Did [you] go to the store?' Response 예/네. ye/ne AFF 예/네. ye/ne AFF 'yes.' The relationship between a speaker/writer and their subject and audience is paramount in Korean grammar. The relationship between the speaker/writer ...

  6. Korean language and computers - Wikipedia

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    While the first Korean typewriter, or 한글 타자기, is unclear,the first Moa-Sugi style (모아쓰기,The form of hangul where consonants and vowels come together to form a letter; The standard form of Hangul used today) typewriter is thought to be first invented by Korean-American gyopo Lee Won-Ik (이원익) in 1914, where he modified a Smith Premier 10 typewriter's type into Hangul.

  7. Korean profanity - Wikipedia

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    개새끼; gaesaekki: Noun.Equivalent to the English phrase "son of a bitch". [1] Combination of the word 개; gae, meaning dog, and the word 새끼; saekki, meaning offspring or young.

  8. Han (cultural) - Wikipedia

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    Han is derived from the Chinese character 恨, which means resentment, hatred, or regret.. Definitions and characteristics of han are highly subjective. According to the Translation Journal, "Han is frequently translated as sorrow, spite, rancor, regret, resentment or grief, among many other attempts to explain a concept that has no English equivalent."

  9. Constructed writing system - Wikipedia

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    A constructed writing system or a neography is a writing system specifically created by an individual or group, rather than having evolved as part of a language or culture like a natural script.