Garimto

What is it and how accurate is the information on it?

My question is if it actually existed.

that is pretty damn cool. i would like to know more about garimto as well.

sorry i didn't respond earlier.  It is supposed to be a script created long before hangul.  Supposedly king Sejong used it for his inspiration to create hangul.  Not sure about it though...

Yes I"ve read about this.  It's quite interesting how he designed it.  Sad that they're done away with the dot and other letters though...

Obsolete jamo

The original additional jamo, called archaic or obsolete, are:

• �� or 丶 (arae-a or araea �Ʒ� ��): Pronounced as [V] , similar to eo.

  Typically seen on its own, or in the syllable �� (area-ae)

• �� (bansios, �ݽÿ�) [z] (If your browser doesn't show it, the letter looks like an equilateral triangle.)
• �� (yeorinhieuh, �������� or ������ "light hieuh" or "doubled ieung") [glottal fricative/stop]: "lighter than �� and harsher than ��".
• �� (yetieung, ������) [N]: Now merged into �� (ieung), it is the traditional symbol for [N]. With some computer fonts, yetieung is shown as a less round version of ieung. The proper way of representing yetieung, however, is by showing a long peak, longer than what you would see on a serif version of ieung.

In addition, there are two obsolete derived (in form) jamo representing one single sound:

• �� (gabyeoun bieup, ������ ����)
• �� (ssanghieuh, ������) [x']

Edited by Gubukjanggoon

No Hangul was Created because Hanja wasn't able to effectively convey the Korean Language.  I think a part of this was its inability to convey Korean articles.  I do believe Garimto was before the 3 Kingdoms...or so is claimed.

Demon first brought it up so I suppose he knows more.  This thread was really me being confused about it too.  I havn't found any answers yet.  Here's a picture of Garimto. 

what is garimto?

I dun mean to sound flippant, but can it be another nationalist theory?  Has Garimto appeared in ancient Korean documents?  I hope I'm not offending anyone here.  But every time there is a Korean theory about something nobody (even Koreans) ever heard of, I'm careful.  And just to be cautious about not offending anyone: I'm not suggesting that any new findings about Korean history is a nationalist myth.  If we are to assume so about Korea we must assume that about every culture, and in that case we'll never be able to have any authentic new findings.  What makes me suspicious in this case, besides the fact that nobody (even Koreans) heard of it, is the possible implication that Hangul is based on a native tradition.  Again, I'm not saying it couldn't be (I personally think Hangul itself is something to be proud of,) just expressing my suspicion.

Edited by MengTzu

Originally posted by Infini doesn't that look kinda like Mongolian writing? where did you get that picture?

You are partly right, but there are several different Mongol scripts, so with only one of them.

Several of the above characters are also found in ancient celadons or clay-vessels made about 4500-3500 found in Korea and North-East China including Shandong, which are considered as the legendary Bird-Claw characters that the ancient teacher from Qing Qiu Country (Korea??) gave to Huang-Di (Yellow King or First legendary Chinese King).