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The listing follows North Korean order of the vowels, but South Korean order of the consonants.

Summary table
Korean letter	Latinization		Sound (IPA)	Notes
Korean letter	wiki	others	Sound (IPA)	Notes
ㄱ	k	g	k
ㄲ	kk	ck	k͈
ㄴ	n		n
ㄷ	t	d	t
ㄸ	tt		t͈
ㄹ	l	r	l, -ɾ-
ㅁ	m		m
ㅂ	p	b	p
ㅃ	pp	pp	p͈
ㅅ	s	sh	s~ɕ
ㅆ	ss	ssh	s͈~ɕ
ㅈ	c	ts, j, z, zz	ts~tɕ
ㅉ	cc	cch, jj, tch, tsh	t͈s~t͈ɕ
ㅊ	ch	jh, tss	tsʰ~tɕʰ
ㅋ	kh	k	kʰ
ㅌ	th	t	tʰ
ㅍ	ph	p	pʰ
ㅎ	h		h
ㅇ	_-, ng/ ñ		_, -ŋ
ㅏ	a	ah	ɐ
ㅑ	ya	yah	jɐ
ㅓ	eo	u, uh	ə
ㅕ	eo	yu, yuh	jə
ㅗ	o		o
ㅛ	yo		jo
ㅜ	u	oo, woo	u
ㅠ	yu	yoo	ju
ㅡ	eu	u, uh	ɨ
ㅣ	i	ee	i
ㅐ	ae	ai	e
ㅒ	yae	yai	je
ㅔ	e		e
ㅖ	ye		je
ㅚ	we	oe, oi	we, (ø)
ㅟ	wi	wee	ɥi, (y)
ㅢ	eui	ui	ɨ̯i
ㅘ	wa		wɐ
ㅝ	weo		w
ㅙ	wae		w
ㅞ	we		we
ᆞ	ao	ȧ	ɒ	only used in Jeju Korean
ㄳ	ks	k, gs, x	ks, -k
ㄵ	nc	n, nj, ts	nc, -n
ㄶ	nh	n	nh, -n
ㄺ	lk	l, lg	lk, -k
ㄻ	lm		lm, -m
ㄼ	lp	l, lb, p	lp, -l, -p
ㄽ	ls		ls, -l
ㄾ	lth	l, lt	lt, -l
ㄿ	lph	lp, p	lp, -p
ㅀ	lh	l	lh, -l

Use macrons (¯) or repeated vowels to spell long vowels. If the vowel is spelled with multiple letters, use the macron each letter or repeat the second vowel.
Use an apostrophe (') to seperate clusters, if they are pronounced separately.

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 |-
 !ㄹ
-|r, l
+|l
-|
+|r
-|ɾ-, l
+|l, -ɾ-
 |
 |-
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 |-
 !ㅇ
-|_-, ng
+|_-, ng/ ñ
 |
 |_, -ŋ
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 |-
 !ㅓ
-|ǒ/eo
+|eo
 |''u, uh''
 |ə
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 |-
 !ㅕ
-|yǒ/eo
+|eo
 |''yu, yuh''
 |jə
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 |-
 !ㅡ
-|ǔ/eu
+|eu
 |''u, uh''
 |ɨ
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 |-
 !ㅐ
-|ě/ae
+|ae
 |''ai''
 |e
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 |-
 !ㅒ
-|yě/yae
+|yae
 |''yai''
 |je
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 |-
 !ㅢ
-|''ǔi/ eui''
+|eui
 |''ui''
 |ɨ̯i
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 |-
 !ㅝ
-|wǒ/weo
+|weo
 |
 |w
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 |-
 !ㅙ
-|wě/wae
+|wae
 |
 |w
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 |-
 !ᆞ
-|ǎ/ao
+|ao
 |''ȧ''
 |ɒ