Even though learning Hangul is manageable in terms of studying Korean due to it being an alphabet, what about the pronunciation? Is it actually that hard while Japanese phonology is considered “easier” to pick up. Don’t even forget to mention Mandarin (Chinese) as despite them also using a logographic script, they have about 4-5 tones meaning a word can connotate a different definition based on what you hear.

  • zaphod@sopuli.xyz
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    7 days ago

    Technically, it’s not; it’s a syllabary like Japanese katakana and hiragana.

    Hangeul is an alphabet, it has distinct symbols for vowels and consonants, you just write them in syllable blocks. Compare that to hiragana/katakana that has distinct symbols for all possible syllables. Theoretically you could write 한글 (hangeul) as ㅎㅏㄴㄱㅡㄹ, try doing that with hiragana/katakana. Linearised Hangeul was an idea that was actually proposed in the past (source).