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by umanwizard 3332 days ago
> The Korean language is considered one of the most scientific language on the planet.

It's considered that by lay people, largely due to Korean patriotism, not by real linguists (can you provide a source?)

> an HN'er should be able to read and write Korean in about an hour.

So, you're talking about the alphabet used to write the language, not the language itself. At best you've proven that Korean has a highly regular writing system. But I'd argue that the average HNer could learn to read, for example, Spanish in about two minutes.
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brilliantcode 3332 days ago
> It's considered that by lay people, largely due to Korean patriotism, not by real linguists (can you provide a source?)

I didn't say the MOST, it's among the more scientific languages. I'm not pushing for Korean patriotism, that's just your own assumptions.

> So, you're talking about the alphabet used to write the language, not the language itself. At best you've proven that Korean has a highly regular writing system. But I'd argue that the average HNer could learn to read, for example, Spanish in about two minutes.

Hangul is the writing system that is uniquely different from a latin based system like Spanish. Your argument is moot.

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umanwizard 3332 days ago
So, can you give me a scientific/academic source that says anything about "how scientific" Korean is?

> Hangul is the writing system that is uniquely different from a latin based system like Spanish.

How? They're just different alphabets. The only unique feature of Hangul is that all the letters making up a syllable are arranged in one square -- is that what you're referring to as making it uniquely different? If not, what?

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brilliantcode 3331 days ago
> So, can you give me a scientific/academic source that says anything about "how scientific" Korean is?

https://scholar.google.ca/scholar?q=korean+language&btnG=&hl...

> The only unique feature of Hangul is that all the letters making up a syllable are arranged in one square

That's one feature that makes it superior to say Chinese. Chinese character is a bitch to learn and it's been bastardized by the communist party to increase literacy.

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