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Korean has no known language that it is related to, possibly except [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. It is often classified as an [[Altaic languages|Altaic language]], because of it being an agglutinative language.

Korean has no known language that it is related to, possibly except [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. It is often classified as an [[Altaic languages|Altaic language]], because of it being an agglutinative language.

It is written in the [[Hangul]] alphabet, which was created by [[Sejong|King Sejong]] in the 15th century to increase literacy. However, hangul wasn't formally adopted until the early 20th century. Sometimes, Korean uses [[Chinese character]]s (''hanja''), which are most commonly used in personal names and historical texts.

It is written in the [[Hangul]] alphabet, which was created by [[Sejong|King Sejong]] in the 15th century to increase literacy. However, hangul wasn't formally adopted until the early 20th century. Sometimes, Korean uses [[Chinese character]]s (''hanja''), which are most commonly used in personal names on name tags and signs and historical texts. They are also used to specify the meaning of certain words because the corresponding writing in Hangul is unclear.

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