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Southwest Korean (Jeolla)

Phylum: Koreanic

Genus: Ungrouped

Lat/lon: 35.159444, 126.8525

ISO code: kor

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velaralveolaralveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stopb̥, p, pʰd̥, t, tʰg̊, k, kʰ
tapɾ
fricatives, sʰh
affricated̥ʑ̥, tɕ, tɕʰ
nasalmnŋ
approximantwj

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closei, yɯ, u
close-mide, øo
open-midɛ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeiː, yːɯː, uː
close-mideː, øː
open-midɛː
open

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

p̚, k̚, t̚, m, n, ŋ, ɭ

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C), (C)wV(C), (C)jV(C)

Source: Yeon, Jaehoon. 2012. Korean dialects: a general survey. Nicolas Tranter (ed.), The languages of Japan and Korea. Routledge. 168-185.

Contributed by: Chingduang Yurayong (jang905@hotmail.com)