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1 Consonants  





2 Vowels  





3 See also  














Korean manual alphabet








 

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The Korean manual alphabet is used by the DeafinSouth Korea who speak Korean Sign Language. It is a one-handed alphabet that mimics the shapes of the letters in Hangul, and is used when signing Korean as well as being integrated into KSL.

Consonants[edit]

The only letter with motion as a component is ssang siot (), which starts as two crossed fingers pointing down and then snaps open.

g
n
d
r, l
m
b
s
ss
ng
j
ch
k
t
p
h

Vowels[edit]

a
ae
ya
ㅒ yae
eo
e
ㅕ yeo
ye
o
oe
yo
u
wi
yu
eu
ui
i

Note that the difference in orientation between eo, yeo and the diphthongs based on them, e, ye is not significant.

See also[edit]


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