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11-18-2010, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Decimus View Post
I would also like to point out that Korean also uses small amounts of Hanja, so writing Korean (Hangul) is sort of like writing Japanese (Hiragana). With emphasis on "sort of".
Compared to Japanese use of Kanji, there seems to be much less use of Hanja with Hangul. And at least there is only one version of Hangul, unlike having to learn Hiragana, and then Katana, before even getting to the Kanji.
But this is from someone who still is a rank beginner in both of those languages.


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