연음화

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 軟音化, from 軟音 (“lenis”) + 化 (“turn into”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)nɯmβwa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [여(ː)늠화]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeoneumhwa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeon'eumhwa
McCune–Reischauer?yŏnŭmhwa
Yale Romanization?yēn.umhwa

Noun

연음화 • (yeoneumhwa) (hanja 軟音化)

  1. (linguistics) lenition; soft mutation

Synonyms

이은소리되기 (ieunsoridoegi)

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