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III.II. Data transcription
In transcribing Korean language material, the Yale system is used for consonants and
the McCune-Reischauer system for vowels. The resulting romanization is illustrated below.
Korean
alphabet
Consonants
Phonemic
value
Phonetic
value
Yale
/p/ [p,b] p
/ph/ [ph] ph
/p’/ [p’] pp
/t/ [t,d] t
/th/ [th] th
/t’/ [t’] tt
/s/ [s] s
/s’/ [s’] ss
/c/ [c,] c
/ch/ [ch] ch
/c’/ [c’] cc
/k/ [k,g] k
/kh/ [kh] kh
/k’/ [k’] kk
/m/ [m] m
/n/ [n] n
// [] ng
/l/ [l,r] l
/h/ [h] h
Note ( ) is also used by orthographic convention
as a phonetically empty grapheme preceding a
syllable-initial vowel.
Korean
alphabet
Vowels & Diphthongs
Phonemic
value
Phonetic
value
McCune-
Reischauer
/i/ [i] i
/wi,y/ [wi,y] wi
/e/ [e] e
/je/ [je] ye
/we/ [we] we
/we/ [we] oe
// [] ae
/j/ [j] yae
/w/ [w] wae
// [] u
// [] o
/j/ [j] yo
/w/ [w] wo
/a/ [a] a
/ja/ [ja] ya
/wa/ [wa] wa
/u/ [u] u
/ju/ [ju] yu
/o/ [o] o
/jo/ [jo] yo
/, i/ [,i] ui