한국문화의독자성을가장잘보여주는예가바로한글이다.
세계역사상전제주의사회에서국왕이일반백성을위해문자를창안한유래는찾아볼수없다.그만큼한글은문자발명의목적과대상이분명했다.그러므로그효용성은다른문자와비교할수없다.

Forexample,eachChinesecharacterhasameaning,sopeoplehavetomemorizeallofthem,buttheKoreanalphabetismadeofphoneticlettersjustlikeEnglish.AnyonecanlearnHangulinaday,thatiswhyitiscalled’morningletter’.Itiseasytolearnbecauseitcanbeputtogetherwith10vowelsand14consonants.Hangulhas8,000differentkindsofsoundanditispossibletowriteeachsound.

예를들면한자는표의문자이므로모든글자를다외워야하지만한글은영어와마찬가지로표음문자이므로배우기가쉽다.그래서한글은아침글자라고도불린다.모든사람이단하루면배울수있다는뜻이다.10개의모음과14개의자음을조합할수있기때문에배우기쉽고24개의문자로약8,000음의소리를낼수있다.즉,소리나는것은다쓸수있다.

BecauseJapaneselettersimitateChinesecharacters,theycannotbeusedwithoutChinesecharacters.ThechinesegovernmentsecretlysentscholarstotheUnitedStatestoalphabetizeitslanguage.Chineseistoodifficulttolearn,thereforetheilliteracyrateisveryhigh.Chinesethoughtitwouldweakennationalcompetitivepower.

일본어는한자를모방한문자이기때문에한자없이독자적인문자수행이어렵고또,한자는너무나배우기어렵다.한때중국정부는은밀히학자들을미국에파견해한자의알파벳화를연구한적이있다.그것은한자가너무어렵기때문에문맹율이높고그것이국가경쟁력약화를초래한다고생각했기때문이다.

Hangulhasanindependentreadingandwritingsystem.Itcanbeusedonitsown,butsomeoldgenerationsliketouseHangulalongwithChinesecharacterseducation.

한국인들은한국어로만말하고쓰는완벽한언어를수행할수있다.그러나일부기성세대는한자를섞어사용하고심지어일부교수들은한자교육을강화해야한다고주장하고있다.

ThisisananachronismandabsolutelyagainsttheglobalizationofHangul.EventheChinesegovernmentrecognizedtheweakpointsofitswritingsystemforthecoming21stcentury.

중국정부조차21세기의미래언어로서약점을인정한한자에대해이러한주장을하는것은한마디로시대착오이며한글의세계화에역행하는자세가아닐수없다.

LatinwasusedasanofficiallanguageoftheRomanCatholicchurch.IthasbeenusedasacustomorreligiousauthorityforpeoplewhoinWesternsocieties,Latinisdisappearing.

라틴어는카톨릭의공식언어로사용되었다.관습상또는종교적권위를위해그의미조차알지못하는사람들에게도사용되었다.그러나지금서구에서라틴어는사라져가는언어일뿐이다.

Hangulwasinvented500yearsago.butithasonlybeenusedfor100yearsbyallKoreans.Nowitisstandingintheworldproudlywithitsvalue.KoreanhasbeenchosenasaforeignlanguageinsomeuniversitiesintheUnitedStatesandAustralia.NowlargeKoreancompaniesarebuildingFactoriesinsomeAsianandEasternEuropeancountries.Thesecompanieshaveinvestedalotofmoney.ThemanagersofthosecompaniesarealsolearningHangul.

한글은창제된지500년이되었지만실제발전의역사는100년이채되지않는다.그러나이제그한글이세계속에자부심을가지고우뚝서있는것이다.미국이나호주의대학에서는한국어를제2외국어로지정해놓았다.그리고많은한국의기업들이아시아나동부유럽국가에대규모공장을짓고투자를하고있다.그래서지금그회사간부들은한글을배우고있다.

ItistimetoinvestmoneyandtomakeanefforttodevelopHangulforthe21stcenturyliketheFrenchgovernmenthasdone.Thelanguageofthefuturehasastrongeconomicvalue.HangulisseventimesfasterincomputeroperationabilitythanChineseorJapanese.

이제한국정부도프랑스정부가했던것처럼한글을발전시키기위해노력과투자를아끼지말아야한다.21세기의언어는강한경제적가치를갖는다.컴퓨터에서한글의업무능력은한자나일본어에비해7배이상경제적효과가있다고한다.

WhenWindows95appearsonyourscreen,Hangulisbreathingonthetipsofyourfingersbeyondthetimebarrier.

윈도우95화면을보고더블클릭을하는순간한글의위력은
500년이란시간의벽을넘어손끝에서살아숨쉰다.

The21stcenturywillbetheageofinformation.Nationalcompetitivepowerdependsonthequantityandqualityofinformation.ThereforethenationalgoalfortheClintonadministrationistoendilliteracy.TheAmericanliteracyrateisonly79%.TheKoreanilliteracyrateisnearthezeropercentmark,becauseHanguliseasy.

21세기는정보화사회다.즉정확한정보의양과질이국가경쟁력을좌우한다는말이다.그래서현재미국의클린턴대통령이국가적목표로내세우는것도문맹의퇴치이다.현재읽고쓸줄아는미국인은고작79%에지나지않는다.그러나한국은쉽고간결한한글덕분에문맹률0%라는경이적인기록에육박한다.