So, let's start learning about the alphabet called as Hangul (한굴). The Hangul was created during Sejong's dynasty, the fourth king from Joseon's dynasty, in 1443. The King Sejong, The Great (세종대왕), decided to create this alphabet, because the previous alphabet was the Hanja, with Chinese characters were difficult to learn and only privileged people could learn how to read and write. With this in mind, he reunited all students at that time. The final first version from Hangul was called as "Hunminjeongeum" (훈민정음), in 1446, that means "Proper Sounds to Instruct the People". The Hangul wasn't used by scholars or Koreans of the upper classes until after 1945. The Hangul consists in 10 basic vowels (모음), 11 double vowels (모음), 14 basic consonants (자음) and 5 double consonants (자음). How pronounce the letters? Miss Vicky here will help you. Basic Vowels (10): ㅏ [a] ㅑ [ya] ㅓ [eo/o] ㅕ [yeo/yo] ㅐ [ae/e] ㅒ [yae/ye] ㅗ [o/o] ㅛ [yo] ㅜ [u] ㅠ [yu] Double Vowels (11): ㅔ [e] ㅖ [ye] ㅣ [i] ㅡ [eu] (pronounce: 'ugh') ㅘ [wa] ㅙ [wae/we] ㅞ [we] ㅚ [wee] ᅱ [wi] ㅢ [ui/yɨi] ㅝ [wo] Basic Consonants (14): ㅂ [b/p] ㅈ [j/ch/s] ㄷ [d/t] ㄱ [g/k] ㅅ [s/t/sh] ㅁ [m] ㄴ [n] ㅇ [mute/ ng] ㄹ [l/r] ㅎ [h/r/t] ㅋ [Kh] ㅌ [t] ㅊ [tch/t/s] ㅍ [p] Double Consonants (5): ㅃ [p] ㅉ [j] ㄸ [t] ㄲ [k] ㅆ [s/t] 잘 가! ♥
