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Wikipedia: Hangul

Korean phonology

National Institute of Korean Language 국립국어원 : Korean alphabet (+ audio)

Romanization of Korean

You can learn the Korean alphabet in one morning par Sang-Oak Lee (2008) online

Hangeul: Korea's unique alphabet, edited by the Korea Foundation (2010) online

Han’gŭl nationalism in 20th century Korea by Thorsten Traulsen, in Seed Olomouc (2019)

The Korean alphabet is composed by
14 basic consonants et 5 doubles consonants:

g/k

kk

n

d/t

tt

r/l

m

b/p

pp

s

ss

ng

j

jj

ch

k

t

p

h

Note: , , are transliterated g, d, b before a vowel and k, t, p before a consonant and at the end of a word.
10 basic vowels (6 + 4 vowels with yod) and 11 compound vowels (diphthongs):

a

ae

ya

yae

eo

e

yeo

ye

o

wa

wae

oe

yo

u

wo

we

wi

yu

eu

ui

i

The most common syllables:

           
  ga gak gan gal gam gap
  gat gang gae gaek geo geon
  geol geom geop gyeo ge gyeok
  gyeon gyeol gyeom gyeop gyeong gye
  go gok gon gol got gong
  got gwa gwak gwan gwal gwang
  gwae goe goeng gyo gu guk
  gun gul 굿 gut gung gwon gwol
  gwi gyu gyun gyul geu geuk
  geun geul geum geup geung  기 gi
  gin gil gim      
           
  kka kkae kko kkok kkot kkoe
  kku kkum kkeut kki    
           
  na nak nan nal nam nap
  nang nae naeng neo neol ne
  nyeo nyeok nyeon nyeom nyeong no
  nok non nol nong nwae noe
  nu nun nul neu neuk neum
  neung nui ni nik nin nil
  nim          
           
  da dan dal dam dap dang
  dae daek deo deok do dok
  don dol dong dwae doe doen
  du duk dun dwi deu deuk
  deul deung di      
           
  tta ttang ttae tto ttu ttuk
  tteu tti        
           
  ra rak ran ram rang rae
  raeng ryang reong re ryeo ryeok
  ryeon ryeol ryeom ryeop ryeong rye
  ro rok ron rong roe ryo
  ryong ru ryu ryuk ryun ryul
  ryung reu reuk reun reum reung
  ri rin rim rip    
           
  ma mak man mal mang mae
  maek maen maeng meo meok me
  myeo myeok myeon myeol myeong mo
  mok mol mot mong moe myo
  mu muk mun mul meu mi
  min mil        
           
  ba bak ban bal bap bang
  bae baek baem beo beon beol
  beom beop byeo byeok byeon byeol
  byeong bo bok bon bong bu
  buk bun bul bung bi bin
  bil bim bing      
           
  ppa ppae ppeo ppo ppu ppeu
  ppi          
           
  sa sak san sal sam sap
  sang sat sae saek saeng seo
  seok seon seol seom seop seong
  se syeo so sok son sol
  sot song swae soe su suk
  sun sul sum sung swi seu
  seul seum seup seung si sik
  sin sil sim sip sip sing
           
  ssa ssang ssae sso ssuk ssi
           
  a ak an al am ap
  ang ap ae aek aeng ya
  yan yak yang eo eok eon
  eol eom eop e yeo yeok
  yeon yeol yeom yeop yeong ye
  o ok on ol om ong
  wa wan wal wang wae oe
  oen yo yok yong u uk
  un ul um ung wo won
  wol wi yu yuk yun yul
  yung yut eu eun eul eum
  eup eung ui i ik in
  il im ip ing    
           
  ja jak jan jam jap jang
  jae jaeng jeo jeok jeon jeol
  jeom jeop jeong je jo jok
  jon jol jong jwa joe ju
  juk jun jul jung jwi jeu
  jeuk jeul jeum jeup jeung ji
  jik jin jil jim jip jing
           
  jja jjae jjo jji    
           
  cha chak chan chal cham chang
  chae chaek cheo cheok cheon cheol
  cheom cheop cheong che cho chok
  chon chong choe chu chuk chun
  chul chum chung cheuk cheung ch
  chik chin chil chim chip ching
           
  ko kwae keu keun ki  
           
  ta tak tan tal tam tap
  tang tae taek taeng teo te
  to ton tol tong toe tu
  tung twi teu teuk teum ti
           
  pa pan pal pae paeng peo
  pe pyeo pyeon pyeom pyeong pye
  po pok pyo pu pum pung
  peu pi pik pil pip  
           
  ha hak han hal ham hap
  hang hae haek haeng hyang heo
  heon heom he hyeo hyeok hyeon
  hyeol hyeom hyeop hyeong hye ho
  hok hon hol hop hong hwa
  hwak hwan hwal hwang hwae hwaet
  hoe hoek hoeng hyo hu hun
  hwon hwe hwi hyu hyul hyung
  heu heuk heun heul heum heup
  heung hui huin hi him  
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