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Hangul Vowels
Hangul Vowels
Simple Vowels I Diphthongs (vowel i added to simple vowels) Other Diphthongs (combinations of various vowels)
a (father) ya (yard) (hut) y (yearn) o (home) yo (yoke) u (broom) yu (you) (taken) i (ink or beet)
ae (hat) yae (yam) e (met) ye (yes) oe* (west) wa wae (water) (wag)
wi (week)
w we (won) (wet)
i (taken + we)
The O written with each vowel is an unvoiced consonant which functions to indicate where an initial consonant may be affixed to the vowel when writing a syllable. * In practice, the vowels oe and we are almost indistingusishable. source: Standard English-Korean Korean-English Dictionary for Foreigners Hollym publishers
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