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Comparison table of Romanian letters and hangul
This is an unofficial translation. See the original in Korean on the National Institute of the Korean Language website.Consonants
Letter | Hangul: before vowel | Hangul: before consonant or word-final | Examples |
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b | ㅂ b | 브 beu | bibliotecă 비블리오테커 bibeulliotekeo, alb 알브 albeu. |
c | ㅋ k, ㅊ ch | ㄱ k, 크 keu | Cîntec 큰테크 Keuntekeu, Cine 치네 Chine, factură 팍투러 paktureo. |
d | ㄷ d | 드 deu | Moldova 몰도바 Moldoba, Brad 브라드 Beuradeu. |
f | ㅍ p | 프 peu | Focșani 폭샤니 Poksyani, Cartof 카르토프 Kareutopeu. |
g | ㄱ g, ㅈ j | 그 geu | Galați 갈라치 Gallachi, Gigel 지젤 Jijel, hering 헤린그 herin’geu. |
h | ㅎ h | 흐 heu | hațeg 하체그 hachegeu, duh 두흐 duheu. |
j | ㅈ j | 지 ji | Jiu 지우 Jiu, Cluj 클루지 Keulluji. |
k | ㅋ k | — | kilogram 킬로그람 killogeuram. |
l | ㄹ r, ㄹㄹ ll | ㄹ l | bibliotecă 비블리오테커 bibeulliotekeo, hotel 호텔 hotel. |
m | ㅁ m | ㅁ m | Maramureș 마라무레슈 Maramuresyu, Avram 아브람 Abeuram. |
n | ㄴ n | ㄴ n, 느 neu | Nucet 누체트 Nucheteu, Bran 브란 Beuran, pumn 품느 pumneu. |
p | ㅍ p | ㅂ p, 프 peu | pianist 피아니스트 pianiseuteu, septembrie 셉템브리에 septembeurie, cap 카프 kapeu. |
r | ㄹ r | 르 reu | radio 라디오 radio, dor 도르 doreu. |
s | ㅅ s | 스 seu | Sibiu 시비우 Sibiu, pas 파스 paseu. |
ș | 시* si/sy | 슈 syu | șag 샤그 syageu, Mureș 무레슈 Muresyu. |
t | ㅌ t | 트 teu | telefonist 텔레포니스트 telleponiseuteu, bilet 빌레트 billeteu. |
ț | ㅊ ch | 츠 cheu | țigară 치가러 chigareo, braț 브라츠 beuracheu. |
v | ㅂ b | 브 beu | Victoria 빅토리아 Biktoria, Brașov 브라쇼브 Beurasyobeu. |
x** | ㄱㅅ ks, 그ㅈ geuj | 크스 keuseu, ㄱ스 kseu | taxi 탁시 taksi, examen 에그자멘 egeujamen. |
z | ㅈ j | 즈 jeu | ziar 지아르 jiareu, autobuz 아우토부즈 autobujeu. |
ch | ㅈ j | — | Cheia 케이아 Keia. |
gh | ㄱ g | — | Gheorghe 게오르게 Ge’oreuge. |
Vowels
Letter | Hangul | Examples |
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a | 아 a | Arad 아라드 Aradeu. |
ă | 어 eo | Bacău 바커우 Bakeou. |
e | 에 e | Elena 엘레나 Ellena. |
i | 이 i | pianist 피아니스트 pianiseuteu. |
î, â | 으 eu | Cîmpina 큼피나 Keumpina, România 로므니아 Romeunia. |
o | 오 o | Oradea 오라데아 Oradea. |
u | 우 u | Nucet 누체트 Nucheteu. |
* When 시 si for ‘ș’ is combined with a following vowel, write them as one syllable.
** For ‘x’, choose the hangul transcription based on each individual case.
Transcription of Romanian
This is an unofficial translation. See the original in Korean on the National Institute of the Korean Language website.Follow the table and transcribe according to the following specificities.
- ‘c, p’
- Write with 으 eu attached word-finally and before a voiced consonant, and as a syllable coda before a voiceless consonant.
- cap 카프 kapeu
- Cîntec 큰테크 Keuntekeu
- factură 팍투러 paktureo
- septembrie 셉템브리에 septembeurie
- Write with 으 eu attached word-finally and before a voiced consonant, and as a syllable coda before a voiceless consonant.
- ‘c, g’
- Write ‘c, g’ as ㅊ ch, ㅈ j respectively before ‘e, i’ and as ㅋ k, ㄱ g before other vowels.
- cap 카프 kapeu
- centru 첸트루 chenteuru
- Galați 갈라치 Gallachi
- Gigel 지젤 Jijel
- Write ‘c, g’ as ㅊ ch, ㅈ j respectively before ‘e, i’ and as ㅋ k, ㄱ g before other vowels.
- ‘l’
- Write word-medial ‘l’ as ㄹㄹ ll before a vowel.
- clei 클레이 keullei
- Write word-medial ‘l’ as ㄹㄹ ll before a vowel.
- ‘n’
- Write ‘n’ with 으 eu attached word-finally after ‘m’.
- lemn 렘느 remneu
- pumn 품느 pumneu
- Write ‘n’ with 으 eu attached word-finally after ‘m’.
- ‘e’
- Write ‘e’ as 에 e, but in the personal pronouns and verbs ‘este’, ‘era’, etc. write the word-initial ‘e’ as 예 ye.
- Emil 에밀 Emil
- eu 예우 ye’u
- el 옐 yel
- este 예스테 yeseute
- era 예라 yera
- Write ‘e’ as 에 e, but in the personal pronouns and verbs ‘este’, ‘era’, etc. write the word-initial ‘e’ as 예 ye.
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