Help:IPA/Korean

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Korean language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. It is based on the standard dialect of South Korea and may not represent some of the sounds in the North Korean dialect or in other dialects. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

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

Korean consonants IPA Hangul Example English approximation Hangul RR b ㅂ 이불 ibul ball β ㅎ 오후 ohu roughly like away ç ㅎ 힘, 흉내 him, hyungnae human ɕ ㅅ 시루 siru roughly like she ɕ͈ ㅆ ㅅ 씨, 국수 ssi, guksu roughly like sure, tensed d ㄷ 민들레 mindeulle doll dz ㅈ 나중 najung beds dʑ ㅈ [ㄷ이] 아버지, 해돋이 abeoji, haedoji roughly like jeans ɸ ㅎ [호] [후] 활, 훗날 hwal, hunnal roughly like phew 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 RP behind j [ㅛ, ㅠ,ㅑ,ㅕ, ㅖ, ㅒ] 여울 yeoul you ʝ ㅎ 감히 gamhi roughly like you 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 [ㄱ] 가랑비, 먹물 garangbi, meongmul king p ㅂ 바다 bada spa p̚ ㅂ ㅍ 부삽, 잎 busap, ip clip p͈ ㅃ ㅂ 뿔, 먹보 ppul, meokbo spit, tensed pʰ ㅍ [ㅂㅎ] [ㅎㅂ] 푸서리, 잡학 puseori, japhak paint ɾ ㄹ [ㄹㅇ] 여드레, 얼음 yeodeure, eoreum Scottish great or American atom sʰ ㅅ 수박 subak like see, but aspirated (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 like patch tɕ͈ ㅉ 돌쩌귀, 꺽지 doljjeogwi, kkeokji roughly like patch, tensed tɕʰ ㅊ [ㄷ히] [ㅎㅈ] 눈초리, 맞히다, 닳지 nunchori, machida, dalji roughly like cheek w [ㅙ, ㅞ] 왜가리, 꿰맴질 waegari, kkwemaemjil wall x ㅎ 흙 heuk Scottish loch

Korean vowels and diphthongs IPA Hangul Example English approximation Hangul RR a ㅏ 하루 haru GA lost aː 밤 bam spa ʌ ㅓ 거울 geoul Conservative up əː 어른 eoreun RP herd ɛ ㅐ 개구리 gaeguri bet ɛː 냇물 naenmul GA bed 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 like goose for some speakers ɯː 그림 geurim like cool for some speakers ɰi ㅢ 민주주의 minjujuui like we but unrounded (with relaxed lips) y ㅟ 귀엣말 gwienmal somewhat like sweet yː 쉰 swin somewhat like swede Korean suprasegmentals 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 (1,160)

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 alphabet – 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. ISBN 0521369436.

External links

• Hangul–IPA Converter at Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of Pusan National University