Select languages to compare:

Use base consonants only
Labial
Coronal
Dorsal
Radical
Laryngeal
Bilabial
Labio-dental
Dental
Alveolar
Palato-alveolar
Retroflex
Palatal
Velar
Uvular
Pharyngeal
Epi-glottal
Glottal
Plosive
 p pʰ ʔp       ʔt̪   t   tʰ                 k kʰ ʔk      
 
 
 
 
  
 
Affricates
                 tʃ tʃʰ ʔt̠ʃ                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nasal
   m           n                 ŋ    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trill
                            
 
 
    
 
 
    
 
 
Tap, Flap
                                                
Lateral flap
 
 
 
 
                    
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fricative
             s                                 h  
Sibilant fricatives
         ʔs̪                          
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lateral fricative
 
 
 
 
                            
 
 
 
 
 
 
Approximant
                           j   w                
Lateral approximant
 
 
 
 
       l                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
 
Front
Near-front
Central
Near-back
Back
 
Close
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Selected languages: Korean
UPSID number: 2170
Alternate name(s): N/A
Classification: Ural-Altaic, Korean
The languages has 32 segments
Frequency index: N/A
Sounds: [pʰ] [ʔp] [p] [t̪ʰ] [ʔt̪] [t̪] [kʰ] [ʔk] [k] [ʔs̪] [s̪] [tʃʰ] [ʔt̠ʃ] [tʃ] [l] [w] [j] [m] [n̪] [ŋ] [y] [i] [u] [ɯ] [ø] [e] [o] [ɤ̞] [æ] [ä] [ɯi] [h]
Comments: Korena is spoken primarily in Korea. /l/ alternates with initial /r/. Vowel length can be derived through combinations of vowels. Approximants /j,w/ precede (some) non-homorganic vowels.
Sources: Cho, S-B. 1967. A Phonological Study of Korean (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Studia Uralica et Altaica Upsaliensia 2). Almqvist and Wiksells, Uppsala. Kim, C-W. 1972. Two Phonological Notes: A-Sharp and B-Flat. In M.K. Braume (ed.), Contributions to Generative Phonology. University of Texas Press, Austin: 155-170. Kim, J. 1986. Phonology and Syntax of Korean Morphology. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Southern California. Martin, S.E. 1951. Korean Phonemics. Language 27: 519-33. Martin, S.E. 1954. Korean Morphophonemics. Linguistic Society of America, Baltimore. Martin, S.E. and Lee, Y-S.C. 1969. Beginning Korean. Yale University Press, New Haven.