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The Korean Language

The Korean language is an interesting language example because it is the only one which has "tense" consonants. In addiition it distinguishes between stop and non-stop consonants which is uncommon. Other than that, the writing has very predictable pronunciation mapping, but a native Korean accent has some subtleties which you have to hear to really see.

Initial Korean Consonants Mapped to Tone

kk
ㄱ
k99k99
ㄲ
nn
ㄴ
tt
ㄷ
t00t00
ㄸ
rr
ㄹ
mm
ㅁ
pp
ㅂ
p99p99
ㅃ
ss
ㅅ
s99s99
ㅆ
ㅇ
tx5tx5
ㅈ
t00x005t00x005
ㅉ
tx^5tx^5
ㅊ
k%k%
ㅋ
t^t^
ㅌ
p%p%
ㅍ
hh
ㅎ

Final Korean Consonants Mapped to Tone

k9k9
ㄱ
k9k9
ㄲ
nn
ㄴ
t0t0
ㄷ
ㄸ
l3l3
ㄹ
mm
ㅁ
p9p9
ㅂ
ㅃ
t0t0
ㅅ
t0t0
ㅆ
qq
ㅇ
t0t0
ㅈ
ㅉ
t0t0
ㅊ
k9k9
ㅋ
t0t0
ㅌ
p9p9
ㅍ
t0t0
ㅎ

Korean Vowels Mapped to Tone

aa
ㅏ
EE
ㅐ
yaya
ㅑ
yEyE
ㅒ
UU
ㅓ
ee
ㅔ
yUyU
ㅕ
yeye
ㅖ
oo
ㅗ
wawa
ㅘ
wEwE
ㅙ
e5e5
ㅚ
yoyo
ㅛ
uu
ㅜ
wUwU
ㅝ
wewe
ㅞ
i5i5
ㅟ
yuyu
ㅠ
OO
ㅡ
GiGi
ㅢ
ii
ㅣ