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It's certainly the only language which was created by a King! It was created by the king Sejong during the fifteenth century. It was created by King Sejong in the 15th Century. Korean alphabet is frequently cited as being among the most flawless writing systems around the globe. It is easy to comprehend to read, write and read since it is almost entirely phonetic, and doesn't make any distinction between lower and upper case letters.

Another important aspect about Korean is the fact that Korean is a language that is a part of two different political systems of a previously unification country that is now divided between the capitalist South Korea and communist North Korea. All in all Koreans from both the North and South can communicate, however there are a variety of differences in terms of speech, particularly in the political sphere.

The Koreans appreciate and cherish their alphabets so much that it has its own day! It is celebrated on the 9th October each the year throughout South Korea.

In recent years, it has become increasingly common to learn Englishes in the countries traditionally belonging to the expanding circle of world Englishes including China (see e.g. He & Li, 2009), Russia (see e.g. Davydova, 2012) or the Netherlands (Edwards, 2010, 2011). South Korea (henceforth Korea) is part of the Expanding Circle as well, which means that English has the status of a language that is considered a foreign one. It is not widely used English within Koreans in particular is not widespread, however English to Korean translator has a very high position within Korean society. In the discussion that follows the sociolinguistic context of Korea will be discussed and will attention to the status of English. Utilizing data from a pilot corpus I will present the formation of various types of Koreanized English that appear to be in part affected by the Korean language, yet are potential result of the language learning process, both in terms of general and idiosyncratic characteristics.