Byeokrando

Byeokrando is an alternative script for Korean created by Bae Jun. It was modelled on the Arabic script but written from left to right and with letters that do not change shape depending on their position. The name Byeokrando comes from the name of a port dating from the Goryeo period (AD 918-1392) that was famous for trade with Arab merchants from the Abbasid dynasty.

Notable features

Type of writing system: alphabet
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
Used to write: Korean

Byeokrando script

Sample text in the Byeokrando alphabet

Transliteration

Modeun Ingan-eun Tae-eonal ttaebuteo Jayuroumyeo Geu Jon-eomgwa Gwonrie Iss-eo Dongdeunghada. Ingan-eun Cheonbujeog-euro Iseong-gwa Yangsim-eul Bu-yeobad-ass-eumyeo Seoro Hyungje-ae-ui Jeongsin-euro Haengdongha-yeo-yahanda.

Transliteration

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

If you have any questions about Byeokrando, you can contact Bae Jun at: shaxar@hanmail.net

Scripts invented / adapted by Bae Jun

Acrography, Byeokrando, Emoel gugu, Kara Hiragana, Korillic, Kovrit, Naljeogigeul (alphabetic), Naljeogigeul (syllabic), Seumul, T-8

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