Editing Korean language (section)

==Writing system==
[[File:Yeongdong Expressway Entrance Sign in Wonju Interchange.JPG|thumb|The [[Latin alphabet]] used in [[Romanization of Korean|romanization]] on [[road signs]], for foreigners in South Korea]]
[[File:Street sign in Daejeon.jpg|thumb|210px|Road Name Address sign in Hangul and Latin script in South Korea]]
{{Main|Hangul|Korean Braille}}
{{See also|Hangul consonant and vowel tables}}

Modern Korean is written with an alphabet script, known as {{Transliteration|ko|[[Hangul]]}} in [[South Korea]] and {{Transliteration|ko|Chosŏn'gŭl}} in North Korea. The [[Korean mixed script]], combining Hanja and Hangul, is still used to a certain extent in South Korea, but that method is slowly declining in use even though students learn Hanja in school.<ref>{{cite web |work=royalpalace.go.kr |url=http://www.royalpalace.go.kr:8080/content/community/question/view.asp?seq=23&page=9&c1=&c2= |access-date=2016-04-26 |script-title=ko:현판 글씨들이 한글이 아니라 한자인 이유는? |language=ko |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310060249/http://www.royalpalace.go.kr:8080/content/community/question/view.asp?seq=23&page=9&c1=&c2= |archive-date=2017-03-10}}</ref>

Below are charts of the letters of the Korean alphabet and their [[Revised Romanization of Korean|Revised Romanization]] (RR) and canonical [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] (IPA) values:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Consonants
|-
! [[Hangul]] {{lang|ko|한글}}
| {{lang|ko|ㄱ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㄲ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㄴ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㄷ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㄸ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㄹ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅁ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅂ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅃ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅅ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅆ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅇ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅈ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅉ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅊ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅋ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅌ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅍ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅎ}}
|-
! [[Revised Romanization of Korean|RR]]
| ''g''
| ''kk''
| ''n''
| ''d''
| ''tt''
| ''r (initial)'', ''l (final)''
| ''m''
| ''b''
| ''pp''
| ''s''
| ''ss''
| ''silent (initial), ng (final)''
| ''j''
| ''jj''
| ''ch''
| ''k''
| ''t''
| ''p''
| ''h''
|-
! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
| {{IPA|k}}
| {{IPA|k͈}}
| {{IPA|n}}
| {{IPA|t}}
| {{IPA|t͈}}
| {{IPA|ɾ (initial)}}, {{IPA|l (final)}}
| {{IPA|m}}
| {{IPA|p}}
| {{IPA|p͈}}
| {{IPA|s}}
| {{IPA|s͈}}
| {{IPA|∅ (initial), ŋ (final)}}
| {{IPA|t͡ɕ}}
| {{IPA|t͡ɕ͈}}
| {{IPA|t͡ɕʰ}}
| {{IPA|kʰ}}
| {{IPA|tʰ}}
| {{IPA|pʰ}}
| {{IPA|h}}
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Vowels
|-
! [[Hangul]] {{lang|ko|한글}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅣ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅔ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅚ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅐ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅏ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅗ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅜ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅓ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅡ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅢ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅖ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅒ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅑ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅛ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅠ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅕ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅟ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅞ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅙ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅘ}}
| {{lang|ko|ㅝ}}
|-
! [[Revised Romanization of Korean|RR]]
| ''i''
| ''e''
| ''oe''
| ''ae''
| ''a''
| ''o''
| ''u''
| ''eo''
| ''eu''
| ''ui''
| ''ye''
| ''yae''
| ''ya''
| ''yo''
| ''yu''
| ''yeo''
| ''wi''
| ''we''
| ''wae''
| ''wa''
| ''wo''
|-
! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
| {{IPA|i}}
| {{IPA|e}}
| {{IPA|ø}}, {{IPA|we}}
| {{IPA|ɛ}}
| {{IPA|a}}
| {{IPA|o}}
| {{IPA|u}}
| {{IPA|ʌ}}
| {{IPA|ɯ}}
| {{IPA|ɰi}}
| {{IPA|je}}
| {{IPA|jɛ}}
| {{IPA|ja}}
| {{IPA|jo}}
| {{IPA|ju}}
| {{IPA|jʌ}}
| {{IPA|ɥi}}, {{IPA|wi}}
| {{IPA|we}}
| {{IPA|wɛ}}
| {{IPA|wa}}
| {{IPA|wʌ}}
|}

The letters of the Korean alphabet are not written linearly like most alphabets, but instead arranged into blocks that represent [[syllable]]s. So, while the word ''[[bibimbap]]'' (Korean rice dish) is written as eight characters in a row in the Latin alphabet, in Korean it is written {{langx|ko|비빔밥|label=none}}, as three "syllabic blocks" in a row. ''[[Mukbang]]'' ({{Langx|ko|먹방|label=none}} 'eating show') is seven characters after [[romanization]] but only two "syllabic blocks" before.

Modern Korean is written with spaces between words, a feature not found in Chinese or Japanese (except when Japanese is written exclusively in [[hiragana]], as in children's books). The [[Punctuation mark|marks]] used for [[Korean punctuation]] are almost identical to Western ones. Traditionally, Korean was written in columns, from top to bottom, right to left, like traditional Chinese. However, the syllabic blocks are now usually written in rows, from left to right, top to bottom, like English.