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Korean phonology is interesting. As a beginner in the language, it seems like the vowel sounds are richer and more complex while the consonants are simpler and
by faitswulff 4y ago
Korean phonology is interesting. As a beginner in the language, it seems like the vowel sounds are richer and more complex while the consonants are simpler and less varied than English.
- changoplatanero 4y agoYou also mostly can’t have consonant clusters in Hangul. It’s not a problem for Korean because they don’t have them to begin with. This means that when Koreans adopt an English word that has multiple consonants not separated by a vowel then they need to add in some new vowels to be able to pronounce it. Thus words like Starbucks have two syllables in English but six in Korean.
- jinwoo68 4y agoCorrect but with a minor correction. Starbucks becomes four syllables in Korean. A vowel (ㅡ) is inserted between the 's' and the 't' in 'star', and also after the last 's' in 'bucks'.
- terrorOf 4y agoI came to say the same thing. wondering how he counted it as six.
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- a1369209993 4y ago> need to add in some new vowels to be able to pronounce it. The fancy/searchable term for this is epenthetic vowels / epenthesis, FWIW.
- robocat 4y agoI though the same thing happened often in Japanese where vowels are added into English words, for example Starbucks becomes Sutābakkusu, or Englishman becomes Igirisu hito.
- jinwoo68 4y agoAs a Korean native, I agree.