🇰🇷 The Korean language (한국어) has an amazing origin story you have to hear, from a wise king, to a book burning psycho, to Japanese occupation, to brave linguistic heroes that risked their lives to keep the language alive. Korean may be considered one of the most difficult languages in the world for English speakers, but its rich culture and history make the journey well worth the effort.

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Special thanks to Minji from ‪@minjiteacheskorean‬ for recording with us.

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Early Origins
1:48 - Old Korean
2:20 - The Invention of Written Korean
3:13 - The Wise King
7:24 - The Psycho King
8:31 - The Japanese
10:29 - Modern Korean
12:14 - Grammar
13:31 - Honorifics & Speech Levels
14:51 - Writing System & Alphabet
16:46 - Dialects
18:18 - North-South Differences
19:22 - How Hard is Korean to Learn?

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“Sejong the Great Bronze statue 02.JPG” by Lawinc82 is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

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“History of Korea-576.png” by Historiographer at the English Wikipedia is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silla#/...

“삼국유사.jpg” by 문화재청 (Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea) is licensed under KOGL Type 1 via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

“임신서기석.jpg” by The National Museum of Korea is licensed under KOGL Type 1 via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

“Yeonsangun of Jeoson.jpg” by Валерия Кореева is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

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