# 한국어

# this file is ai-generated okay?

# we use revised romanization (RR) for uniformity, mccune-reischauer (MR) given in comments
# hangul syllables = initial (choseong) + medial (jungseong) + optional final (jongseong)
# standalone/compatibility jamo used here (not conjoined syllable-block forms)

choseong:
  g: ㄱ
  kk: ㄲ
  n: ㄴ
  d: ㄷ
  tt: ㄸ
  r: ㄹ
  m: ㅁ
  b: ㅂ
  pp: ㅃ
  s: ㅅ
  ss: ㅆ
  ng: ㅇ # silent as initial, only nasal as final
  j: ㅈ
  jj: ㅉ
  ch: ㅊ
  k: ㅋ # k' in MR
  t: ㅌ # t' in MR
  p: ㅍ # p' in MR
  h: ㅎ

jungseong:
  a: ㅏ
  ae: ㅐ
  ya: ㅑ
  yae: ㅒ
  eo: ㅓ # ŏ in MR
  e: ㅔ
  yeo: ㅕ # yŏ in MR
  ye: ㅖ
  o: ㅗ
  wa: ㅘ
  wae: ㅙ
  oe: ㅚ
  yo: ㅛ
  u: ㅜ
  wo: ㅝ # wŏ in MR
  we: ㅞ
  wi: ㅟ
  yu: ㅠ
  eu: ㅡ # ŭ in MR
  ui: ㅢ # ŭi in MR
  i: ㅣ

jongseong: # batchim. single-jamo forms; pronunciation collapses to 7 sounds
  g: ㄱ # sounds k
  kk: ㄲ # sounds k
  n: ㄴ
  d: ㄷ # sounds t
  l: ㄹ # sounds l
  m: ㅁ
  b: ㅂ # sounds p
  s: ㅅ # sounds t
  ss: ㅆ # sounds t
  ng: ㅇ
  j: ㅈ # sounds t
  ch: ㅊ # sounds t
  k: ㅋ # sounds k
  t: ㅌ # sounds t
  p: ㅍ # sounds p
  h: ㅎ # sounds t, often assimilates/silent