Context: Sejong the Great of Korea, created the Korean alphabet (mostly) by himself. This replaced the earlier use of the Chinese alphabet.
Context: Sejong the Great of Korea, created the Korean alphabet (mostly) by himself. This replaced the earlier use of the Chinese alphabet.
Descriptive linguistics : Noo you can’t force people to use language a certain way! It has to naturally evolve!
Prescriptive linguists : Here’s some sick tech our language needs, with this we can communicate even better. Check it out, my man over here was as literate as his horses, now he can write.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_Hangul
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_alphabet_reform
Happened more than once folks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_syllabary