Indigenous Indonesians use Korean letters to save dialect
Wednesday, 20 December 2023 In an Indonesian village, schoolchildren are learning the Cia-Cia language using the Hangul script. The syllable-based Cia-Cia language, spoken by the Cia-Cia ethnic group in Baubau, does not have a written form that readily translates to the Latin alphabet. However, the Korean Hangul script, which shares a similar syllable-based system, has been introduced to preserve and teach the Cia-Cia language. Hangul was adopted in 2009 after a cultural exchange between Baubau city and Korean scholars, and it is now taught to students using Hangul symbols. This effort reflects a strong desire to preserve the Cia-Cia language.
On Buton Island in eastern Indonesia, schoolchildren are using Korean Hangul script to learn their indigenous Cia-Cia tongue. The language of the Cia-Cia ethnic group has no written form, and the syllable-based tongue does not readily translate to the Latin alphabet often used to transcribe...
Wednesday, 20 December 2023
