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! colspan="8"|Consonants | ! colspan="8"|Consonants | ||
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! !! 唇/Labial !! 舌/Alveolar !! 齒/ | ! !! 唇/Labial !! 舌/Alveolar !! 齒/Coronal !! 牙/Velar | ||
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| '''ㅅ''' <small>/s ~ ɕ/</small> | | '''ㅅ''' <small>/s ~ ɕ/</small> | ||
| '''ㅎ''' <small>/h ~ x/</small> | | '''ㅎ''' <small>/h ~ x (ɸᵝ)/</small> | ||
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! 次濁/Approximants | ! 次濁/Approximants | ||
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Vowels are also difficult to achieve consensus on. Mandarin and Japanese have the most limited systems<ref>http://wals.info/feature/2A#4/24.37/120.06</ref>. The world's most common and usable system -- with five, cardinal vowels -- was chosen for maximum compatiblity, and some combinations are excluded (see below). Again, much allophony and tolerance will be used and needed between parties. There are two ways to write /u/, but only one (우) is used in native transcription. The other (으) is used to break up consonant clusters | Vowels are also difficult to achieve consensus on. Mandarin and Japanese have the most limited systems<ref>http://wals.info/feature/2A#4/24.37/120.06</ref>. The world's most common and usable system -- with five, cardinal vowels -- was chosen for maximum compatiblity, and some combinations are excluded (see below). Again, much allophony and tolerance will be used and needed between parties. There are two ways to write /u/, but only one (우) is used in native transcription. The other (으) is used in transliteration, to break up consonant clusters. It is whatever epenthetic vowel is common for the speaker. Japanese will realize these as /ɯᵝ/, Koreans as /ɯ/, Mandarin-speakers as /ɨ/, Cantonese as /ʊ/, and Vietnamese as /ə̆/. | ||
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=== Phonotactics === | === Phonotactics === | ||
Across the region, there is no clear majority position on syllable structure. WALS misleadingly labels all our languages as "moderately complex"<ref>http://wals.info/feature/12A#4/25.80/112.06</ref>. Hence, there are many gaps in the phonetic system. A syllable may start with any sounds except /ŋ/ (Japanese /ɴ/)<ref>http://wals.info/feature/9A#3/25.80/130.61</ref>. The rime must be a plain vowel, or /ya/. The coda can be /i/, /u/, | Across the region, there is no clear majority position on syllable structure. WALS misleadingly labels all our languages as "moderately complex"<ref>http://wals.info/feature/12A#4/25.80/112.06</ref>. Hence, there are many gaps in the phonetic system. A syllable may start with any sounds except /ŋ/ (Japanese /ɴ/)<ref>http://wals.info/feature/9A#3/25.80/130.61</ref>. The rime must be a plain vowel, or /ya/. The coda can be /i/, /u/, an underspecified nasal, or an underspecified stop (including the not-otherwise-present /ʔ/). Both the coda stop and the coda nasal assimilate before subsequent consonants in order to be homorganic. | ||
Off-glides will be pronounced as separate syllables by everyone except Chinese and Vietnamese speakers, but again, tolerance is indicated. Syllables that begin with /w/ must have /a/ as a rime | Off-glides will be pronounced as separate syllables by everyone except Chinese and Vietnamese speakers, but again, tolerance is indicated. Syllables that begin with /w/ must have /a/ as a rime. Syllables that begin with /y/ may not have /i/ as a rime. CH-initial syllables cannot take /ja/ as a rime (since many with pronounce /t/ + /j/ that way). Remember also that some will say /s/+/y/ and /s/+/i/ as /ɕ/. | ||
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| i, u <br /> e, o <br /> a, ya | | i, u <br /> e, o <br /> a, ya | ||
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