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    The Korean alphabet is called Hangeul and consists of 14 consonants and 10 vowels. Characters are formed by combining initial consonants with vowels, with some characters adding final consonants. Consonants are categorized as single, double, or final double consonants. Vowels are single or double. Characters are pronounced differently based on their final consonant combinations. Links are provided to listen to audio recordings of the individual sounds and combinations to learn proper pronunciation. Practice is recommended in writing the individual consonants, vowels, and combined characters.

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    The Korean alphabet is called Hangeul and consists of 14 consonants and 10 vowels. Characters are formed by combining initial consonants with vowels, with some characters adding final consonants. Consonants are categorized as single, double, or final double consonants. Vowels are single or double. Characters are pronounced differently based on their final consonant combinations. Links are provided to listen to audio recordings of the individual sounds and combinations to learn proper pronunciation. Practice is recommended in writing the individual consonants, vowels, and combined characters.

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    The Korean alphabet is called Hangeul and consists of 14 consonants and 10 vowels. Characters are formed by combining initial consonants with vowels, with some characters adding final consonants. Consonants are categorized as single, double, or final double consonants. Vowels are single or double. Characters are pronounced differently based on their final consonant combinations. Links are provided to listen to audio recordings of the individual sounds and combinations to learn proper pronunciation. Practice is recommended in writing the individual consonants, vowels, and combined characters.

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    The Korean Alphabet

    Learning Korean for the first time!


    Hangeul or (the Korean alphabet) literally means "the Korean writing."
    In , the Korean alphabet, consists of 14 consonants and 10 vowels.

    Cosonants:

    Vowels:

    In addition, there are 5 double consonants and 11 double vowels.

    Double consonants:

    Double vowels:

    Additionally, there are 11 final double consonants.

    Final double consonants:


    Please also refer to the audio recording of different Korean consonant-vowel
    combinations that I produced with my own voice, here, Korean alphabet Consonants and Vowels.
    You will get to learn these basic consonants and vowels, learning how to read,
    write and pronounce.
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    Click on the alphabet to listen to their corresponding pronunciations.
    (Provided by Korean language learning online, Sogang Unversity)
    [Consonants]
    =g
    =n
    =d

    = l, r ( is a sound somewhere between l and r)


    =m
    =b
    =s
    = "no sound" when used as a first consonant, "ng" when used as a final
    consonant.
    =j
    = ch
    =k
    =t
    =p
    =h
    [Vowels]
    =a
    = ya
    = eo
    = yeo
    =o
    = yo
    =u
    = yu
    = eu
    =i
    [Double consonants]
    = gg Click on the link to hear the difference between the sounds of ,

    and .
    = dd Note the difference in sounds; , and .
    = bb Note the difference in sounds;, and .
    = ss Note the difference in sounds; and
    = jj Note the difference in sounds; , and
    More links: , , , ,
    [Double Vowels]
    = ae
    = yae (rarely used)
    =e
    = ye
    = wa
    = wae
    = oe
    = wo
    = we (rarely used)
    = wi
    = ui

    How to form a character


    There are two ways of making a character, using the consonants and vowels
    as building blocks.
    1.
    Initial consonant + Vowel
    2.
    Initial consonant + Vowel + Final consonant
    1. Examples

    = + = ga

    = + = neo

    = + = do

    = + = lu/ru

    = + = meu

    = + = bi

    2. Examples

    = + + = gag

    = + + = neon

    = + + = dod

    = + + = leul/reul

    = + + = jaeng

    Characters with final consonants of , and , all sound the same. Thus
    , and will sound exactly the same.
    For example,
    , , Their final consonants all sound the same. Click on the linksto hear.
    Now, below is a list of the final consonants and their respective sounds.

    // =

    // =

    ////// =

    For example,

    [] = fishing

    [] = kitchen

    [] = front

    [] = seed

    [] = day

    For a more detailed explanation and audio files, click here.


    When the initial consonant of second and/or third characters is , for
    example, and , the sound of the final consonant of each letter is
    pronounced with the next vowel. Because has no sound, is
    pronounced as and as . These are just made-up words to
    show you how these work.

    []

    []

    For more examples on this pronunciation, click on the link.


    [Final double consonants]
    There are also 11 additional final double consonants. Their sounds are as
    follows. As you can see, the first consonant of the double consonants is
    pronounced. (except = , = and = ) I do not recommend that you
    learn these exhaustively right away because that is a hard work and I rarely
    employed them in my grammar lessons anyway. So it would be better to come
    back to these when you come across them from time to time.

    Eg.
    [] = amount
    [] = sit
    [] = many
    [] = read
    [] = boil
    [] = spacious
    [] = a single way
    [] = lick
    [] = recite (a poem)
    [] = lose (a thing)
    [] = price
    Excellent pronunciation lessons by Sogang Unversity (Korean language
    learning online)
    Source: http://korean.sogang.ac.kr/
    Also, check out the Korean Wiki Project for additional explanations of the
    Korean consonants and vowels and respective pronunciations.
    For writing practices,

    Consonants

    Vowels
    Consonants + Vowels

    Sources:
    Slow but STEADY: http://cyjn.com/165
    , KidnTeen: http://www.kidnteen.com/hannnum/han.asp

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