THE ROMANIZATION OF THE KOREAN LANGUAGE BASED UPON ITS PHONETIC STRUCTURE G. M. McCune, University of California, E. O. Reischauer, Harvard University TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 I. Introduction … … … II. The Vowels 10 … … Simple vowels 10 … … … … Labialized vowels and diphthongs 14 … Yotized or palatized vowels 16 … Long and short forms of the vowels 18 … Irregularities in the pronunciation of the vowels 20 … in individual vowels 21 “Disintegration” … … Assimilation between vowels 22 … … … III. The Consonants 24 … … … Plosive consonants 25 … … … Unvoiced plosives 27 … … … Voiced plosives 28 … … … plosives 39 “Forced” … … … Aspirated plosives 31 … … … Non-plosive consonants 32 … … Nasal consonants 33 … … … Lateral and semi-roiled consonants 34 … Fricative consonants 35 … … … Rules for the Romanization of the consonant letters 36 … The medial glottal stop (sai siot) and irregular assimilation between consonants 43 … … … The consonants in new spelling and their Romanization 46 … IV. Other considerations 49 … … Syllables and words in Romanization 49 … The Romanization of proper names and tit 52 … The simple use of this system of Romanization 53 Charts and Tables Vowel Chart 10 … … … Vowel Diagram 11 … … … 24 Consonant Chart… … … Chart of 26 Plosives… … … Chart of Non-Plosives 32 … … Syllabic Table 56 … … … Chart of Euphonic Changes of the Consonants [page 1] I. INTRODUCTION Although the Hepburn system for Romanizing Japanese is almost universally accepted, and the Wade-Giles system for Romanizing Chinese is used by most English-speaking people, no standard Romanization has been adopted for Korean. This lack has been a handicap to the scholarly study of Korea. For this reason Occidental residents in Korea and native philologists have supported us in our effort to supply this need. These scholars have given us invaluable assistance in carrying out the phonetic studies necessary for the construction of this system.1
THE ROMANIZATION OF THE KOREAN LANGUAGE BASED UPON ITS PHONETIC STRUCTURE G. M. McCune, University of California, E. O. Reischauer, Harvard University TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction … … … 1 II. The Vowels … … 10 Simple vowels … … … … 10 Labialized vowels and diphthongs … 14 Yotized or palatized vowels … 16 Long and short forms of the vowels … 18 Irregularities in the pronunciation of the vowels … 20 “Disintegration” in individual vowels … … 21 Assimilation between vowels … … … 22 III. The Consonants … … … 24 Plosive consonants … … … 25 Unvoiced plosives … … … 27 Voiced plosives … … … 28 “Forced” plosives … … … 39 Aspirated plosives … … … 31 Non-plosive consonants … … 32 Nasal consonants … … … 33 Lateral and semi-roiled consonants … 34 Fricative consonants … … … 35 Rules for the Romanization of the consonant letters … 36 The medial glottal stop (sai siot) and irregular assimilation between consonants … … … 43 The consonants in new spelling and their Romanization … 46 IV. Other considerations … … 49 Syllables and words in Romanization … 49 The Romanization of proper names and tit … 52 The simple use of this system of Romanization 53 Charts and Tables Vowel Chart … … … 10 Vowel Diagram … … … 11 Consonant Chart… … … 24 Chart of Plosives… … … 26 Chart of Non-Plosives … … 32 Syllabic Table … … … 56 Chart of Euphonic Changes of the Consonants [page 1] I. INTRODUCTION Although the Hepburn system for Romanizing Japanese is almost universally accepted, and the Wade-Giles system for Romanizing Chinese is used by most English-speaking people, no standard Romanization has been adopted for Korean. This lack has been a handicap to the scholarly study of Korea. For this reason Occidental residents in Korea and native philologists have supported us in our effort to supply this need. These scholars have given us invaluable assistance in carrying out the phonetic studies necessary for the construction of this system.1
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