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Traditionally, the Korean language has had strong vowel harmony; that is, in pre-modern Korean, not only did the inflectional and derivational affixes (such as postpositions) change in accordance to the main root vowel, but native words also adhered to vowel
Character information Preview ㅓ ᅥ Unicode name HANGUL LETTER EO HANGUL JUNGSEONG EO Encodings decimal hex dec hex Unicode: 12627: U+3153: 4453: U+1165 UTF-8
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Korean on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Korean in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
The flag hung at the founding ceremony of the Korean People's Army in 1948 reads, 'Long live General Kim Il-sung, the leader of our people!'During the North's brief use of the initial sound rule, the Sino-Korean term "領導者" (leader) is spelled using the initial sound rule: 영도자 yeongdoja instead of ryeongdoja 령도자.
Giyeok (sign: ㄱ; Korean: 기역), also known as kiŭk (Korean: 기윽) in Korean, [1] is one of the Korean Hangul. Depending on its position, it makes a 'g' or 'k' sound. At the beginning and end of a word it is usually pronounced , while after a vowel it is . The IPA pronunciation is [k]. [2] [3] [4]
In addition, the Japanese colonial government implemented various restrictions on the use of the Korean language around the mid-1930s; the Korean Language Society was also persecuted in one incident. [13] Regardless of romanization systems, many Koreans chose and continue to choose to spell their names in Latin script in an ad hoc manner.
In Korean aspiration is a distinctive feature, so I wanted to point out that final unreleased stops didn't have any aspiration in them. --Kjoon lee 22:54, 25 April 2008 (UTC) Perhaps we should say "similar to" the vowel in main. It really is the closest approximation and a number of English speakers pronounce this as a monophthong.
ㅙ is one of the Korean hangul. This compound vowel is ㅗ + ㅐ. To pronounce this vowel, shape your mouth to make the ㅗ sound. Then start to say the ㅗ sound and while quickly saying the ㅐ sound. The resulting sound is ㅙ (wae) as in ‘wedding’. [1]