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FAQ About Korean Alphabet - Hangeul(Hangul)
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What is unique about the Korean alphabet?
Each letter corresponds to what linguists refer to as a phoneme essentially just an individual sound. This differs from other writing systems, like Japanese, that are syllabaries, in which each letter represents a full syllable.