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Explain ㅎ being silent in Korean language
A: Between vowels, /h/ may either be voiced [ɦ] or become inaudible or disappear often.
B: Intervocalically, it is realized as voiced [ɦ], and after voiced consonants it is either [ɦ] or silent.
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Korean syllable-final ㅅ in Hangul transcription of loanwords
Why are English loanwords ending in /d/ or /t/ systematically transcribed into Hangul syllables ending in ㅅ rather than ㄷ? This seems strange, since when ㅅ is followed by a vowel, the coda is realised ...
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