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References:
Hwa-hyong, Y. (2004). Humanism: The power of Korean
culture.
Seoul, South Korea: Kookhak., pp. 18-19
Diamond Sutra Recitation Group. (2006). King Sejong the
Great:
The everlasting light of Korea.
New York: Diamond Sutra Recitation Group.
Korea Travel Guide by Korean Tourism Organization, p 4.

The Korean language, like Japanese,
Finnish, Mongolian and Turkish, is
classified into the Ural-Altaic language
group. Therefore, Hangul is easy-to-learn
for speakers of these languages. If you
work for one or two hours intensively, it is
possible to read it clearly. Also, its
grammar is very close to Turkish which
makes Korean one of easiest languages to
learn for Turkish people.

http://english.visitkorea.or.kr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul

In spite of being created in the 15th
century, the alphabet did not come into
widespread use until the 20th century
because of the aristocracy's preference for
Hanja (the Chinese alphabet).They said
that the new alphabet was easily
understood, but that they feared people
would fall into laziness and never make
any effort to learn. Despite those tough
times, Hangul has replaced Chinese
characters in all Korean newspapers and
books. After five centuries, King Sejong's
invention has finally achieved his goal. In
fact the only national celebration for an
alphabet in the world takes place on the
9th of every October in Korea to praise the
creation of Hangul.
İrem Karaoğlu

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