I would like discovery fiction on the invention of written language, please!
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What about discovery non-fiction of the korean language hah
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I thought it was broadly known, a dude [or committee of dudes] just invented it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangul
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Oh or you mean on the idea of written language in the first place (Hangul just being a very rare case of a designed from scratch one)
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Yes, the idea of written language in the first place, though this is extremely rad.
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I definitely made up silly written languages as "secret codes" when I was a kid but this guy made a whole civilization use his!!
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*hits bong* The Hall of Worthies is the OG Ink & Switch.
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I mean!! "The Korean alphabet, on the other hand, was designed so that even a commoner with little education could learn to read and write: "A wise man can acquaint himself with them before the morning is over; a stupid man can learn them in the space of ten days.""
This reminds me of the chapter in the beginning of infinity about how alphabets are a significant innovation over symbols because they are universal and can be used to express any words and are much easier to learn. Korean seems to have achieved the same using symbols?
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As far as I understand, Hangul *is* an alphabet, in the same sense that the Roman alphabet is.
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