Hangul supremacy

Hangul scientific supremacy is a claim, made by a select number of linguistic scholars, that the Hangul alphabet invented by King Sejong the Great in 1443 is the simplest, most logical, most ingenious and most scientific writing system in the world.[1][2][3]

The claim is based on the fact that Korean Hangul was designed in a way that was relatively very simple to learn and, in contrast to the English alphabet, the spoken words mostly sound exactly as they appear. Additionally, Hangul has other linguistic advantages, including that the Korean language was among the best languages for learning maths.[4][5]

Claim of Hangul supremacy is being enabled publicly by linguistic scholars.

Edwin O. Reischauer and J.K. Fairbank of Harvard University co-wrote in their book that "Hangul is perhaps the most scientific system of writing in general use in any country."

Former professor of Leiden University Frits Vos stated of Koreans, "They invented the world's best alphabet!" adding, "It is clear that the Korean alphabet is not only simple and logical, but has, moreover, been constructed in a purely scientific way."

One scholar even went as far as to claim the scientific superiority of Hangeul as one of the reasons for the rise of Korea as an information technology powerhouse and another stating that Han'gŭl must unquestionably rank as one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind.[4][6]

In its extreme form, according to Harold Piper a writer, in a negative critical statement, the belief holds that Hangul is in fact best suited for the expression of sounds in all languages.[7][8]