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Learning to read Korean (even North Korean Hangul) takes about a weekend. They can easily get 100% literacy rate by the end of kindergarten. That’s the benefi
by newsbinator 5y ago
Learning to read Korean (even North Korean Hangul) takes about a weekend.
They can easily get 100% literacy rate by the end of kindergarten.
That’s the benefit of a logical writing system that has few exceptions.
- lkbm 5y agoThis handicap is underappreciated by English speakers. I don't have a source, but I recall reading that it amounts to about two years of extra effort in learning to read and write vs most other languages. "Spelling bees" are largely an English language phenomenon. If you can pronounce a Spanish word, you can likely spell it. You might miss an occasional "h", but that's about it.