Why is Hangul said to be the best alphabet in the world?
Among all the other excellent features, Hangul is scientific, philosophical, linguistically convincing and the easiest letters to learn. The greatest alphabet in the history of characters is the Roman[Latin] Alphabet among the phonic letters and Hangul is the greatest among them. (editor's note: can anyone translate that?) It is also good for voice recognition for modern IT science because Hangul follows the 'One Sound for One Word, One Word for One Sound' rule. Hangul is the most suitable letter for computer voice recognition to replace the keyboard.
Grated that, English gets behind in terms of voice recognition even if it is in alphabetic writing. For example, the letter 'A' is pronounced variously in cases, so it is hard to know how to pronounce 'A'. One can read English words only with the help of phonetic signs. For example, the word 'knife' is read as 'naif', but it is nearly impossible to restore the word 'knife' from its phonetic sign. So there is difficulty in voice recognition.
Korean teenagers could send text messages faster than any other youngsters in the world, and it is certainly because of the scientific superiority of Hangul. According to Professor Jared Diamond at UCLA, Hangul is the best alphabet in the world. That is the reason why we have the lowest illiteracy rate in both South and North Korea, according to a study published in the science magazine <Discover> in June of 1998. In addition, Professor Sasse of Hamburg University was surprised at phonology in Korea from the 15th century, and he acclaimed Hangul's systematic and scientific creation principles. Professor Reischauer at Harvard said that Hangul has the most scientific system today. Professor Force in Netherlands said that Hangul is the greatest invention in the world for alphabetic letters. Professor Hiroyuki Umeda, the Dean of Yotaek University in Japan also praised Hangul very highly. Thus, we are given Hangul from King Sejong, which is the best alphabet for the 21st century.
(Aww...is someone feeling inadequate?)