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Why do Koreans hate their own native Korean words and prefer to make words with Chinese words instead?

• I don't get it. The Koreans say that they are proud to be Korean and show their "KRN PRIDE" all around, but they seem to not care for the slightest bit that their language has essentially become an Altaic-Chinese pidgin. They have, throughout history, adopted Chinese characters so much that it stomped out so much of their own, and apparently about 70% of their vocabulary is of Chinese origin. Even after they made hangul, for about 500 years they were reluctant to use it, and when they finally did use it, they used it along with the Chinese characters, instead of working to coin words out of native Korean words so that Chinese characters would be unnecessary. This still continues; their academic and "professional" words are mostly of Chinese-derived. Why are they not making their own words? I am a non-native Korean speaker (first language English) that can use the language like a native having lived in Korea for a long time, and from my study of the language, making new words out of native Korean words doesn't seem so difficult at all. Why don't they try to use their own native words to coin words? Do they hate their own native language so much? Why don't they try to become more independent of the Chinese, if they are so proud of their ethnicity?

• Answer:

  This is extremely offensive. I'm Korean. No Korean I know hates their language. In fact, Koreans are very patriotic. No one ever said that Koreans hate their language and just because the Korean language is based off of the Chinese language doesn't mean that all Koreans hate it. And honestly, what does it really matter? Kids in Korea are taught to learn Chinese as well as Korean because Chinese is a global language that is extremely useful in business. It's all for the better good. You should not assume this. I'm sure there are Koreans out there that do not like the sound or structure of 한글. And you have no real proof or facts that they were reluctant to use their own language. You did not live in that century, you did not experience life there, so you should not be saying that Koreans hate their language so they copy off of Chinese people. 한글 was considered a peasant language for a long time by the richer people of Korea because it was a new language to them. The people of Korea had been using classic Chinese until 한글, a mix of classic Chinese and some of the original Korean language became popular. The importance of the Chinese in Korean learning is going down. Again, I don't see where you're getting this solid information from. Do YOU hate English? It's your first language, you're fluent in it and it's easy for you. I hate Spanish because it's hard for me, so there's no legitimate reason that a Korean would hate their language. This is not an intelligent question. Please think before you ask something like this.