Korean International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)223

The Korean International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation that represents the sounds of the Korean language. It was developed by the International Phonetic Association (IPA) in the early 20th century and is now widely used by linguists and language learners.

The Korean IPA is based on the Latin alphabet, with diacritics and other symbols used to represent sounds that do not exist in English. For example, the letter "e" is used to represent the unrounded front vowel sound in the word "bed," while the letter "ŋ" is used to represent the velar nasal sound in the word "sing."

The Korean IPA is divided into two parts: the consonants and the vowels. The consonants are further divided into stops, fricatives, affricates, nasals, and liquids. The vowels are divided into monophthongs, diphthongs, and triphthongs.

ConsonantsIPA Description Examplep voiceless bilabial stop 파 (pa)b voiced bilabial stop 바 (ba)t voiceless alveolar stop 타 (ta)d voiced alveolar stop 다 (da)k voiceless velar stop 카 (ka)g voiced velar stop 가 (ga)f voiceless labiodental fricative 파 (pa)v voiced labiodental fricative 바 (ba)s voiceless alveolar fricative 사 (sa)z voiced alveolar fricative 자 (ja)h voiceless glottal fricative 하 (ha)m bilabial nasal 마 (ma)n alveolar nasal 나 (na)ŋ velar nasal 가 (ga)l alveolar lateral liquid 라 (ra)r alveolar trill 러 (ra)j palatal approximant 야 (ya)w labio-velar approximant 와 (wa)ɰ velar approximant 왜 (wae)

VowelsIPA Description Examplei close front unrounded vowel 이 (i)e close-mid front unrounded vowel 에 (e)a open front unrounded vowel 아 (a)o mid back rounded vowel 오 (o)u close back rounded vowel 우 (u)ʌ open-mid back unrounded vowel 어 (eo)

The Korean IPA is a valuable tool for linguists and language learners. It provides a systematic way to represent the sounds of the Korean language and can help to improve pronunciation and comprehension.

2025-01-19

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