Professor Lee Hoyoung, Korean Linguist at Seoul National University:
The Cia-Cia tribe needs help to keep Hangeul alive

IN 2008, Lee Hoyoung, Professor in Linguistics from Seoul National University, was requested to develop and design Cia-Cia's version of Hangeul by the Baubau city council and the Hunminjeongeum Society in South Korea. As part of his research he visited the Cia-Cia community and recorded the villagers' conversations. After a year of solid work, Lee finalized the very first writing system for the Cia-Cia tribe. "The Cia-Cia language is a member of the

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