[KS] Long and short vowels

H. H. Underwood hhund at fulbright.or.kr
Mon Sep 24 12:11:20 EDT 2007


Ri Hwasu said that vowel length is no longer a distinctive feature in 
Korean.  I believe there are still exceptions; the one that came to mind 
is "Kim" (the name) and "keem" (the seaweed), which seem to be 
differentiated still by people well under 70.

H.H.Underwood




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