Educational pressure has led to the second highest suicide rate on the world. South Korea is also experiencing problems common to post-industrial societies, such as a gap between the rich and the poor, social polarization, social welfare issues, and environmental degradation.
Although the Korean and Chinese languages are not related in terms of grammatical structure, more than 50 percent of all Korean vocabulary is derived from Chinese loanwords, a reflection of the cultural dominance of China over 2 millennia.
Korean is the 17th most widely spoken language in the world with approx. 80 Million native speakers. South Korea is also the 13th largest economy in the world and it's a beautiful and dynamic country.
Korean: An Agglutinative Language (???: ???) That word is “agglutinative”. Korean is an agglutinative language (???). This means that we add affixes to words and sentences in order to change the meaning of a sentence or alter the grammatical position of the word.
Hangul is an alphabetical writing system, that means that consonants and vowels both get a separate symbol each. In theory, such a system should be consistent in the pronunciation of the symbols.
And the most beautiful languages in the world are…
- FRENCH – MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOKEN LANGUAGE.
- GERMAN – MOST BEAUTIFUL SUNG LANGUAGE.
- ARABIC – MOST BEAUTIFUL WRITTEN LANGUAGE.
- ITALIAN – MOST BEAUTIFUL BODY LANGUAGE.
The Korean language is considered one of the most scientific language on the planet.
Other major factors are the pronunciation, and the fact that the vocabulary is, except for modern loan words, entirely unrelated to English. I however would say Korean is much easier to learn of those languages but the comparison is made because the initial difficulty of having to think in a completely different way.
Korean pronunciation is much harder than Japanese, vocabulary is a bit harder to remember because of the long and complicated words in Korean, and the grammar is a bit more difficult than Japanese in the beginning.
Korea is a major player in the world economy. If you want a career that involves Korea it's a great language to learn - although one of the most difficult for native English speakers to master (along with Japanese and Finnish). Any language can be "useful" depending on what it'll be learned for.
The Best thing about Hangul, the Korean Alphabet, is very very simple and easy to learn. If you learn English, you have to learn uppercase and lowercase letters. If you learn Japanese, you have to learn Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. However, Hangul has only 19 consonants and 21 vowels.
Korean sentences consist of either a “subject + verb” or a “subject + object + verb.” For example: - ??? ??[Carol-i wha-yo], Subject + verb, Carol comes.
The Hardest Languages For English Speakers
- Mandarin Chinese. Interestingly, the hardest language to learn is also the most widely spoken native language in the world.
- Arabic.
- Polish.
- Russian.
- Turkish.
- Danish.
As a “Filipino (Tagalog)” ,who had experienced teaching a foreign friend the language (Filipino), Filipino like other languages is also hard to learn. Filipino (Tagalog) may be easier compared to other languages in some areas (pronunciation, vocabulary, etc.) but sadly in some areas it is more difficult.
Rummage through a South Korean student's knapsack and you'll see the usual textbooks, pens, and post-it notes. In addition to that, most students participate in “evening self-study” sessions, where they're monitored by teachers, until 10 or 11pm making the total hours at school each day 14-15.
3. Hangul Chart: Korean Vowels
| ? a | ? ya | ? o |
|---|
| ? yo | ? u | ? i |
| ? ae | ? yae | ? wa |
| ? wae | ? oe | ? wi |
| ? ui | | |
Korean Alphabet Chart
| CONSONANTS | VOWELS |
|---|
| Sounds in the initial and final positions. | Romanization |
|---|
| INITIAL | |
| ? | G/K(1) | ? |
| ? | N | ? |
Like other East Asian scripts like Chinese or Japanese, Korean script may be written horizontally or vertically. But in today's Korea, overwhelming majority of Korean is written horizontally, to be read from left to right.
1. Words in Korean are formed by groups of syllables. 2. Every syllable must start with a consonant and have a vowel. There are only six patterns for the formation of syllables. C = Consonant, V = Vowel.
?? (hieut), a jamo (letter) of the alphabet of the Korean writing system, hangeul. ? (hieut) is pronounced as a glottal fricative ([h]), i.e. similar to the English h.
Korean Alphabet Chart
| CONSONANTS | VOWELS |
|---|
| Sounds in the initial and final positions. | Romanization |
|---|
| ? | B | E |
| ? | S | YEO |
| ? | silent(4) | YE |
