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| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6546 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 1 of 14 18 November 2009 at 12:24pm | IP Logged | ||
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An Indonesian tribe of 60,000 has adopted the Korean hangul script for their previously-unwritten language.
Korean educators and professionals are assisting in the adaptation of hangul to the language and the creation of textbooks for the tribe. Read more here. Edited by Captain Haddock on 18 November 2009 at 12:25pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7154 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 14 18 November 2009 at 1:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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A very interesting development - perhaps this will help them save their language!
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| Gusutafu Senior Member Sweden Joined 5299 days ago 655 posts - 1039 votes Speaks: Swedish* | Message 3 of 14 18 November 2009 at 1:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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Very nice also that they opted out of using a Latin based orthography.
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 Jiwon Triglot Moderator Korea, South Joined 6214 days ago 1417 posts - 1500 votes Speaks: EnglishC2, Korean*, GermanC1 Studies: Hindi, Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 14 18 November 2009 at 1:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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This has already been brought to attention by ennime in a previous thread.
Cia-Cia adpots Hangul The name of the tribe and their language is Cia-Cia. The city in Buton is Bau-Bau, and not Bauer and Bauer as some commmenters rightly pointed out. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5616 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 5 of 14 18 November 2009 at 9:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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I once learnt that alphabet in a brief flash of inspiration, while on a plane to Korea... I was very impressed by it. Plus it looks very cool....
But when people say that Hangeul is such a great and logical alphabet - what EXACTLY is it that they are referring to? In what way is it superior for instance to Hiragana/Katakana? I imagine it takes up a bit less space on signs.. but what else? Edited by cordelia0507 on 18 November 2009 at 9:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| anamsc Triglot Senior Member Andorra Joined 5981 days ago 296 posts - 382 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Catalan Studies: Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Written), French | Message 6 of 14 18 November 2009 at 11:04pm | IP Logged | ||
From what I understand, Hangul is considered to be great and logical because it fits Korean very well. I don't know if there's anything intrinsically great about it (or any alphabet). It just depends on how it is applied to the language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6217 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 7 of 14 19 November 2009 at 12:34am | IP Logged | ||
The sounds are combined into syllables in a logical way in Hangul. The kana are entirely illogical, other than voicing and aspiration markers being regular. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5345 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 8 of 14 19 November 2009 at 1:09am | IP Logged | ||
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And furthermore, sounds that are related have related shapes in Hangul. The relationships are not entirely consistent, but they are definitely there, unlike the Latin alphabet where the shape of a letter bears no relationship to its sound.
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