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The charts below show the way in which theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)representsKorean languagepronunciations inWikipediaarticles. It is based on thestandard dialect of South Koreaand may not represent some of the sounds in theNorth Koreandialect or in other dialects. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, seeTemplate:IPAandWikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

SeeKorean phonologyfor a more thorough look at the sounds of Korean.

Koreanconsonants IPA Hangul Example English approximation Hangul RR b ㅂ 이불 ibul ball β ㅎ (ㅸ) 오후 ohu roughly likeaway ç ㅎ 힘, 흉내 him,hyungnae human ɕ ㅅ 시루 siru roughly likeshe ɕ͈ ㅆ ㅅ 씨, 국수 ssi, guksu roughly likesure,tensed d ㄷ 민들레 mindeulle doll dz ㅈ 나중 najung beds dʑ ㅈ [ㄷ이] 아버지, 해돋이 abeoji, haedoji roughly likejeans ɸ ㅎ[호] [후] 활, 훗날 hwal,hunnal roughly likephew ɡ ㄱ 마개 magae gall ɣ ㄱ 아가 aga again,but without the tongue touching the roof of the mouth h ㅎ 햇잎 haennip hall ɦ ㅎ 마흔 maheun RPbehind j [ㅛ, ㅠ,ㅑ,ㅕ, ㅖ, ㅒ] 여울 yeoul you ʝ ㅎ 감히 gamhi roughly likeyou k ㄱ 구이 gui sky k̚ ㄱ ㅋ 바지락 bajirak lock k͈ ㄲ 꿩, 젓갈 kkwong, jeotgal skin,tensed kʰ ㅋ [ㄱㅎ] [ㅎㄱ] 코, 석회, 않기 ko, seokhoe, angi cup ɭ ㄹ [ㄴ] 알, 신라 al,Silla hall m ㅁ [ㅂ] 못, 압력 mot, amnyeok mall n ㄴ [ㄹ, ㄷ, ㅅ, ㅈ] 누리 nuri not ŋ ㅇ(ㆁ) [ㄱ] 가랑비, 먹물 garangbi, meongmul king p ㅂ 바다 bada spa p̚ ㅂㅍ 부삽, 잎 busap,ip clip p͈ ㅃㅂ 뿔, 먹보 ppul, meokbo spit,tensed pʰ ㅍ[ㅂㅎ] [ㅎㅂ] 푸서리, 잡학 puseori, japhak paint ɾ ㄹ [ㄹㅇ] 여드레, 얼음 yeodeure, eoreum ScottishgreatorAmericanatom sʰ ㅅ 수박 subak likesee,butaspirated(with more breath) s͈ ㅆ 쌀, 열쇠 ssal, yeolsoe saw,tensed t ㄷ 돌 dol star t̚ ㄷ, ㅌ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅊ 곧, 뭍, 옷, 젖, 낯 got,mut,ot,jeot,nat let t͈ ㄸ ㄷ 떡, 막대 tteok, makdae stall,tensed tʰ ㅌ[ㄷㅎ] [ㅎㄷ] 구태여, 맞흥정, 닳다 gutaeyeo, matheungjeong, dalda tall ts ㅈ 측정 cheukjeong cats ts͈ ㅉ 짤림 jjallim cats,tensed tsʰ ㅊ [ㅈㅎ] [ㅎㅈ] 참새 chamsae let's have tɕ ㅈ 자투리 jaturi roughly likepatch tɕ͈ ㅉ 돌쩌귀, 꺽지 doljjeogwi, kkeokji roughly likepatch,tensed tɕʰ ㅊ [ㄷ히] [ㅎㅈ] 눈초리, 맞히다, 닳지 nunchori, machida, dalji roughly likecheek w [ㅙ, ㅞ] 왜가리, 꿰맴질 waegari, kkwemaemjil wall x ㅎ 흙 heuk Scottishloch z ㅿ ᅀᅵᆫ간 zingan zebra ʔ ㆆ ᅙᅵᆯ qil uh-oh

Koreanvowelsanddiphthongs IPA Hangul Example English approximation Hangul RR a ㅏ 하루 haru GAlost aː 밤 bam spa ɒ ㆍ ᄌᆞ주 jawju yawn ʌ ㅓ 거울 geoul Conservativeup əː 어른 eoreun RPherd ɛ ㅐ 개구리 gaeguri bet ɛː 냇물 naenmul GAbed e ㅔ 메주 meju rate eː 게장 gejang raid i ㅢ 흰색 huinsaek peak ㅣ 피 pi iː 실타래 siltarae bead o ㅗ 오늘 oneul sort oː 모레 more sword ø ㅚ 쇠뇌 soenoe wait øː 왼손 oenson weighed u ㅜ 우물 umul root uː 둘 dul rude ɯ ㅡ 버들 beodeul likegoosefor some speakers ɯː 그림 geurim likecoolfor some speakers ɰi ㅢ 민주주의 minjujuui likewebut unrounded (with relaxed lips) y ㅟ 귀엣말 gwienmal somewhat likesweet yː 쉰 swin somewhat likeswede Koreansuprasegmentals IPA Description ː Geminated consonant ˈ Primary stress(placed before the stressed syllable) ˌ Secondary stress(placed before the stressed syllable) . Syllable break

See also

• Revised Romanization of Korean
• Category:Pages with Korean IPA(1,143)

References

• Heo, Yong (2013). "An analysis and interpretation of Korean vowel systems".Acta Koreana.16(1): 23–43.
• Lee, Hyun-bok (1999). "An IPA Illustration of Korean".Handbook of the International Phonetic Association.p. 120–123.
• Lee, Hyun-bok (2002).음성의 연구와 음성의 표기법[Phonetic Notation in Phonetic Research: IPA and International Korean Phonetic Alphabet](PDF).INTERSPEECH-2002.
• Lee, Hyun-bok (2004).In search of a universal phonetic Alpha bet – theory and application of an organic visible speech(PDF).INTERSPEECH-2004.
• Shin, J. (2015). Vowels and Consonants. In L. Brown & J. Yeon (Eds.).The Handbook of Korean Linguistics(pp. 36–21). Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell.
• Shin, J., Kiaer, J., & Cha, J. (2012).The Sounds of Korean.New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
• Sohn, Ho-min (2001).The Korean Language.Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge University Press.ISBN0521369436.

External links

• Hangul–IPA ConverteratArtificial Intelligence LaboratoryofPusan National University