Wikipedia:IPA for Korean

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Korean language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles, based on the standard dialect of South Korea.

See Korean phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Korean.

[edit] Korean consonants
IPA Hangul RR trans. English equivalent Notes
b ㅂ[1] b ball between voiced sounds
ɕ ㅅ s she before [i] or [j]
ɕ͈ ㅆ ss — before [i] or [j]
d ㄷ[2] d doll between voiced sounds
dʑ ㅈ j gee between voiced sounds
ɡ ㄱ g gall between voiced sounds
h ㅎ h hall
j ㅖ, ㅒ, ㅑ,
ㅛ, ㅠ, ㅕ[3]		 y y’all Spelled by doubling the dot on the vowel.
k ㄱ, ㅋ g, k skin ㅋ is [k] at the end of a syllable.
k͈ ㄲ kk — tense [k]
kʰ ㅋ, ㅎㄱ k call
l ㄹ, ㄴ l call ㄹ is [l] at the end of a syllable.
ㄹㄴ and ㄴㄹ may be [ll].
m ㅁ, ㅂ m mall ㅂ is [m] before [n] or [m].
n ㄴ, ㄹ,
ㄷ, ㅅ, ㅈ		 n not ㄹ may be [n] at the start of a word.
ㄷ, ㅅ, ㅈ are [n] before [n] or [m].
ŋ ㅇ, ㄱ ng king ㅇ is only [ŋ] at the end of a syllable.
ㄱ is [ŋ] before [n], [m] or [ɾ]
p ㅂ[1], ㅍ b, p span ㅍ is [p] at the end of a syllable.
p͈ ㅃ[1] pp — tense [p]
pʰ ㅍ[1], ㅎㅂ p pall
ɾ ㄹ r — A flap, like Scots r or American ladder, between vowels
s ㅅ[2] s Saul [s] with almost no sibilance
s͈ ㅆ ss — tense [s]
t ㄷ[2]
ㄷ, ㅌ[2], ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅊ		 d
t		 stall All are [t] and RR t at the end of a syllable.
t͈ ㄸ tt — tense [t]
tʰ ㅌ[2], ㅎㄷ t tall
tɕ ㅈ j itchy
tɕ͈ ㅉ jj — tense [tɕ]
tɕʰ ㅊ, ㅎㅈ ch cheek
w ㅜ, ㅗ w wall spelled ㅜ before [ʌ], [e], [i];
ㅗ before [ɛ], [e],* [a]
*ㅚ is pronounced [we] by most, but as the rounded ö vowel [ø] by some older speakers.

[edit] Korean vowels
IPA Hangul RR trans. Notes
a ㅏ a spa
aː
e ㅔ e Similar to the beginning of the diphthong in main
eː
ɛ ㅐ ae met; similar to e for young speakers.
ɛː
i ㅣ i mean
iː
o ㅗ o Spanish o or French eau
oː
u ㅜ u moon
uː
ʌ ㅓ eo young (these are pronounced [ɔ], as in more, in North Korea)
əː
ɯ ㅡ eu Separate sound in Standard Korean; similar to eo for many dialects.
ɯː

[edit] Korean diphthongs
IPA Hangul RR trans. Notes
ɯi ㅢ ui Pronounced [ɯ] in some dialects.
ø,
we		 ㅚ oe ㅚ is pronounced we by most, but as the rounded ö vowel [ø] by some older speakers.

[edit] Sounds not written in hangul
IPA Explanation
ː Long vowel. Long [ʌ] is əː. Young speakers in Seoul do not use length consistently, if at all.
 ́ High tone, on any one syllable or the first two; used outside Seoul.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Sohn, (2001), p.2
  2. ^ a b c d e Sohn, (2001), p.3
  3. ^ Lee, (2002), p.3

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