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 Hangeul: 6. Hangeul Now

6. Hangeul Now

The native script of Korean language, Hangeul, has been in use since its invention in the 15th century, and now it is used by anyone who speaks Korean. Because Hangeul is a phonetic alphabet with separate consonants and vowels, there are only 24 letters and the script is easy to learn. This helps lower the illiteracy rate tremendously. The National Institute of the Korean Language under Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducted a basic literacy survey on 12,137 adults (from age 19 to 79) in 2008, and the result indicated that 98.3% of the adults between 19 and 79 year olds were literate. According to data published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) in UIS Fact Sheet (September 2013, No. 26), the literacy rate in Korea is so high, the country is indicated as ‘no data’, which translates as no further investigation needed.