If you are unsure, I recommend following the instructions for Windows XP. Generally, the newer operating systems will have them installed, while older ones will not. There are only two cases: those that have the files pre-installed, and those that do not. If your operating system is not listed, do not worry. Korean is spoken/used in the following countries:Ĭhina, Guam (U.S.), Japan, Korea (North), Korea (South), United States of America.Ĭopyright © Kenneth Katzner, The Languages of the World, Published by Routledge.The first thing to do is to set up your computer to view Hangul, the Korean alphabet. Nun is the Korean word for "eye," mul the word for "water." Together they form the word nunmul which means "tear" or "tears." The first contains the letters n, u, and n, the second m, u, and l.
The third word of the last line of the poem below, for example, consists of two clusters, each containing three letters arranged vertically. Korean writing differs from that of most other languages, however, in that the letters of each syllable are grouped together into clustersas if the English word "seldom" were written Each of the twenty-five letters repre-sents a single consonant or vowelnot a syllable as in Japanese, or a concept as in Chinese. The Korean alphabet, invented in the years 1443-46, is the only true alphabet native to the Far East. In the fourth line of the poem above the proper nouns Yongbyon and Yag San appear with the Chinese characters following in parentheses. This latter practice was abolished in North Korea after World War II and is gradually being phased out in South Korea. It is certainly not related to Chinese, although it has borrowed many Chinese words and has used the Chinese characters, together with the Korean alphabet, for many centuries. Korean's linguistic affiliation is uncertain, though in its grammatical structure it is most similar to Japanese. There are also about 2 million speakers in China, 700,000 in Japan, and 600,000 in the United States. Korean is spoken in both North and South Korea by about 65 million people. Most Popular Korean Language Product Types
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