HANGUL (Letters) Consonants (닿소리) and vowels (홑소리): 14consonants: ㄱ (g), ㄴ (n), ㄷ (d), ㄹ (l/r), ㅁ (m), ㅂ (b), ㅅ (s), ㅇ (-/ng), ㅈ (j), ㅊ (ch), ㅋ (k), ㅌ (t), ㅍ (p), ㅎ (h) 10 vowels: ㅏ (a), ㅑ (ya), ㅓ (eo), ㅕ (yeo), ㅗ (o), ㅛ (yo), ㅜ (u), ㅠ (yu), ㅡ (eu), ㅣ(i) ㅑ, ㅕ, ㅛ, and ㅠ are iotized ones of ㅏ, ㅓ, ㅗ, and ㅜ, respectively 5 double consonants: ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ 11 consonant clusters: ㄳ, ㄵ, ㄶ, ㄺ, ㄻ, ㄼ, ㄽ, ㄾ, ㄿ, ㅀ, ㅄ 11 diphthongs: ㅐ, ㅒ, ㅔ, ㅖ, ㅘ, ㅙ, ㅚ, ㅝ, ㅞ, ㅟ, ㅢ Morpho-Syllabic Blocks: The initial: consonants or double consonants The medial: vowels (simple, combined (inlcuding diphthongs), iotized) The final: consonants, double consonants, clustered consonants.

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Letter Designs Consonants: Vowels Velar consonants (아음, a-eum "molar sounds") ㄱ (g), ㅋ (k) Coronal consonants (설음, seoreum "lingual sounds"): ㄴ(n), ㄷ (d), ㅌ (t), ㄹ (l/r) Bilabial consonants (순음, suneum "labial sounds"): ㅁ (m), ㅂ (b), ㅍ (p), Sibilant consonants (치음, chieum "dental sounds"): ㅅ (s), ㅈ (j), ㅊ (ch) Dorsal consonants (후음, hueum "throat sounds"): ㅇ (-/ng), ㅎ (h) Vowels All vowels can be represented by the combinations of • (sun, sky, heaven), ㅡ (earth), ㅣ(humanbeings) Eg, ㅣ + • = ㅏ, • + ㅡ =ㅗ

Sorting order (South Korean) Simple vowels Bright; ㅏ a Dark; ㅓ eo Neutral ㅡ ŭ Compound vowels ㅐㅔㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅝ ㅟ ㅞ ,,, Iotized vowels ㅑ ㅕ ㅛ ㅠ ㅒ ㅖ Sorting order (South Korean) Initial-medial-final: ㄱ ㄲ ㄴ ㄷ ㄸ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅃ ㅅ ㅆ ㅇ ㅈ ㅉ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ ㅏ ㅐ ㅑ ㅒ ㅓ ㅔ ㅕ ㅖ ㅗ ㅘ ㅙ ㅚ ㅛ ㅜ ㅝ ㅞ ㅟ ㅠ ㅡ ㅢ ㅣ (none) ㄱ ㄲ ㄳ ㄴ ㄵ ㄶ ㄷ ㄹ ㄺ ㄻ ㄼ ㄽ ㄾ ㄿ ㅀ ㅁ ㅂ ㅄ ㅅ ㅆ ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ

Letter names Consonants 표기(W) ㄱ ㄴ ㄷ ㄹ ㅁ ㅂ ㅅ 읽기(R1) 기역 니은 디귿 리을 미음 비읍 시옷 읽기(R2) gi-yeok ni-eun di-geut ri-eul mi-eum bi-eup si-ot 표기(W) ㅇ ㅈ ㅊ ㅋ ㅌ ㅍ ㅎ 읽기(R1) 이응 지읒 치읓 키읔 티읕 피읖 히읗 읽기(R2) i-eung ji-eut chi-eut ki-euk ti-eut pi-eup hi-eut 표기(W) ㄲ ㄸ ㅃ ㅆ ㅉ 읽기(R1) 쌍기역 쌍디귿 쌍비읍 쌍시옷 쌍지읒 읽기(R2) ssang-giyeok ssang-digeut ssang-bieup ssang-siot ssang-jieut

Vowels 표기(W) ㅏ ㅑ ㅓ ㅕ ㅗ ㅛ ㅜ ㅠ ㅡ ㅣ 읽기(R1) 아 야 어 여 오 요 우 유 으 이 읽기(R2) a ya eo yeo o yo u yu eu i

Pronunciation Examples ㄱ + ㅏ = 가 ㄱ + ㅏ + ㄱ = 각 ㄱ + ㅛ = 교 ㅂ + ㅗ = 보 ㅂ + ㅗ + ㅁ = 봄 ㅇ + ㅘ = 와 Practice (on p. 13) 가갸거겨고교구규그기 나냐너녀노뇨누뉴느니 And so on

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Assignment Write your name, major, and address in Hangul as being pronounced