Hangul supremacy

Hangul scientific supremacy is a claim, made by a select number of linguistic scholars, that the Hangul alphabet invented by King Sejong the Great in 1443 is the simplest, most logical, most ingenious and most scientific writing system in the world.[1][2][3]

The claim is based on a few notions, one of which is that Hangul was designed in a way that was relatively very simple to learn. The claim sometimes includes a misconception that Hangul is the sole writing system in the world whose founder is known.[4] Confusing writing system with language, the claim occasionally includes the notion that the Korean language, being wrongly referred to as 'Hangul', has many linguistic advantages, including that it is among the best languages for learning maths,[5] or that the spoken words mostly sound exactly as they are written, which is another misconception because Korean is in fact one of the languages in deep orthography.

Claim of Hangul supremacy is being enabled publicly by linguistic scholars.

Edwin O. Reischauer and J.K. Fairbank of Harvard University co-wrote in their book that "Hangul is perhaps the most scientific system of writing in general use in any country."

Former professor of Leiden University Frits Vos stated of Koreans, "They invented the world's best alphabet!" adding, "It is clear that the Korean alphabet is not only simple and logical, but has, moreover, been constructed in a purely scientific way."

One scholar even went as far as to claim the scientific superiority of Hangeul as one of the reasons for the rise of Korea as an information technology powerhouse and another stating that Han'gŭl must unquestionably rank as one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind.[4][6]

In its extreme form, according to Harold Piper a writer, in a negative critical statement, the belief holds that Hangul is in fact best suited for the expression of sounds in all languages.[7][8]

References
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  2. "Linguistic expert claims".
  3. "Today is a Holiday in Honor of the World's Most Remarkable Alphabet". mentalfloss.com. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  4. "Korean Writing System - Hangul". www.antiquealive.com. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  5. >Shellenbarger, Sue (2014-09-15). "The Best Language for Math". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  6. "Hankul in The AnswerBank: Phrases & Sayings". www.theanswerbank.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-23.
  7. "[Viewpoint] Hats off to Hangul-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily". Koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  8. "Nation celebrates Korean alphabet's creation on 567th Hangul Day". Asia Heartbeat. Arirang International Broadcasting Foundation.
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