Alphabets…

Since coming to Korea, and learning to read a new alphabet, I’ve developed an appreciation for different scripts. Korean, or Hangul, is a beautiful alphabet. Developed by the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty, Sejong the Great, to make it easier to read and write. Before that Korea used Hanja (Chinese Characters) and everyone except educated males (who opposed the new script of course, “Hanja is the only way”) was illiterate. Just look at it, it’s beautiful.

Hangul (Korean)

Everything is in neat little boxes. It’s all very logical. If only the Korean language was as easy as its alphabet…

Some of my other favorites include:

Inuktitut (Inuit)

So simple, and clean, like white snow.

Lycian (Not used anymore, region of Turkey)

Katakana (One of 3 Japanese Scripts)

Something about Katakana, and Hiragana (another one of the Japanese scripts) makes everything look fun and exciting! クラッカー! (Crackers!)

Did I miss any?