creation
how many basic characters in hangul?
24
how many consonants and vowels are there?
14 consonants and 10 vowels
what does hangul literally mean?
han - great
gul - script
which ancient korean region first created the language?
silla, bce 57-ce 936
when was hangul created?
1443
a block of hangul, when written, represents what?
a syllable
the chinese characters, hanja, literally means___?
'true letters'
honorifics are very important in society and culture. if a person is older than you or in status, you have to use honorifics.
what is the biggest honorofic used for any person in north korea?
'op', used only for the leader, kim
a korean linguist coined the name 'hangul' in 1912. what was his name?
Ju Si-gyeong
what was the original name of hangul?
훈민정음
how was traditional korean written?
top to bottom
what is the global ranking of hangul, based on the number of people around the world who speak it?
13th most widely spoken language
what date (month and year) did sejong the great start and end the project of creating hangul?
december 1443 to january 1444
what are the two number systems called?
native korean and sino korean
there are many variations of korean, like 사투리 , but what is the standard language called?
pyojun-eo or pyojun-mal
what do north koreans call hangul?
조선글
hangul day celebrates the creation of hangul on october 9th. when is the equivalent day celebrated in north korea?
january 15th
when adding all the alphabet characters, consonants, vowels, double consonants, and double vowels, how many unique characters are there?
40!
approximately, how many people speak hangul?
77 million people