Talk:Korean/Essential Pronunciation Rules

Aspirated versus unvoiced
In the Korean dialect spoken by a native friend of mine (and according to literature such as this), ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅈ, and ㅂ in initial position do not become aspirated at all. They just become unvoiced. I'm editing the text to reflect that. If they are spoken with aspiration, they sound like ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅊ, and ㅍ. If somebody disagrees, let's discuss. Rodasmith 04:39, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
 * They are devoiced, but sometimes they have weak aspiration as well. (If you're not a trained phoneticist, you might not notice this, especially if you're a native speaker of Korean.) Nevertheless, I think your edit was in the right direction. --Kjoonlee 04:10, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Korean speakers distinguish by tone contour, where the first syllable is a lower tone in words beginning with ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅈ, and ㅂ. Doubled consonants receive a higher tone, while the aspirated series is flat. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to be able to tell ㄱ from ㄲ in the beginning of a word. -Iopq (discuss • contribs) 10:55, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Vowels
I don't get it. There's nothing here but consonants; same with the advanced section.JohndanR (discuss • contribs) 05:01, 7 March 2015 (UTC)


 * That's because they're pronounced mostly the same way. -Iopq (discuss • contribs) 10:56, 21 May 2018 (UTC)