Indigenous Indonesians use Korean letters to save dialect

In an Indonesian village, schoolchildren are learning the Cia-Cia language using the Hangul script. The syllable-based Cia-Cia language, spoken by the Cia-Cia ethnic group in Baubau, does not have a written form that readily translates to the Latin alphabet. However, the Korean Hangul script, which shares a similar syllable-based system, has been introduced to preserve and teach the Cia-Cia language. Hangul was adopted in 2009 after a cultural exchange between Baubau city and Korean scholars, and it is now taught to students using Hangul symbols. This effort reflects a strong desire to preserve the Cia-Cia language.