RAS-1982 — Page 169

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a (a)

aay

By

(aai) aaw (au) (ai) aw (au)

aam

am

(aam) aeng (ang)

aap (aap) ack

ang (ang) ap (ap)

ak (ak)

e (e)

eng

(eng)

ek

(ek)

¡ (e)

iw (iu)

imm (im)

ing

(ing)

ip

(ip)

ik

(ik)

a (oh) oy

(oi)

ong

ok

u (oo) uy

ung

(ung)

uk

(uk)

ö (oeng)

ű (ue)

öng

(eung)

ök

(euk)

ung

ük

In the above chart, KHW finals -uy, -aeng/k, -ong/k and -üng/k have no SC homophones.

KHW -uy resembles SC -ooi, but has a short vowel instead of the long /oo/ of SC. The vowel in KHW -aeng/k is similar to the vowel in (Received Pronunciation) English man. The transcriptions -aeng/k, rather than -aang/k were chosen to illustrate this point. The vowel in KHW -ong/k is noticeably more fronted than that of SC -ong/k, with the result that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between KHW -ong/k and -ông/k. Finally, KHW -üng/k are finals similar to SC -uen/t but have a short, instead of a long, vowel and a velar, instead of a dental, final consonant. Examples of these finals are:

'fear' 'big'

'satiated'

/-a/

伯 p'al

/-aay/

* taay4

/-aaw/

I paaw3

/-aam/

saam1

'three'

/-aeng/

生 saeng1

'raw'

/-aap/

# tyaap4

'diverse'

/-aek/

辣 laek4

'pepper-hot'

/-ay/

米 may1

'rice'

/-aw/

好 haw3

'good'

/-am/

心 sam1

'heart'

/-ang/

新 sang1

'new'

/-ap/

入 yap4

'enter'

/-ak/

☐ yak4

'day'

/-e/

蛇 se2

/-eng/

病 peng4

'snake'

'sick'

/-ek/

吃 hek3

'eat'