Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner ... Korean is one of the hardest languages for English speakers to learn. The Korean alphabet, complex grammar rules and honorific etiquette ...

Initially known as Hunmin Jeongeum (or "proper sounds for instructing the people"), the script was proclaimed as the first Korean alphabet in 1446—though its muted reception, especially within ...

"While 26 letters of the English alphabet can only express 300 or more sorts of sound, 24 letters of the Korean alphabet can carry 11,000 kinds of sound in theory and 8,700 sorts of sound in ...