Formation of some vowels and diphthongs

모음의 형성 Formation of some vowels and diphthongs The distinction between ㅐ and ㅔ has been lost among the younger generation below 50 of age in casual Korean speech. As a result of loss of distinction between ㅐ and ㅔ, the three vowels ㅙ, ㅞ andㅚ are not normally distinguished in Standard Korean speech today. They all end up with [we] also. The distinction between ㅒ and ㅖ has also been lost among the younger generation and ㅖ may be pronounced as ㅔ after consonants except ㄹ. 시계[시계시게] 지폐[지폐지페] except 실례[실례]ㅢ at the syllable-initial position without any preceding consonant may be pronounced as ㅡ : 의사[의사으사]. ㅢ at the non-initial position of a syllable or at the syllable-initial position with a preceding consonant, ㅢ may be pronounced as ㅣ : 회의[회의회이]. When ㅢ is used as possessive particle, it may be pronounced as ㅔ : 우리의[우리의우리에], 의의의[으이에]ㅚ and ㅟ are rarely pronounced as simple vowels (i.e. as [o] and [u]) in Standard Korean. Therefore, those are put together with diphthongs. They are more often pronounced as diphthongs. I.e., as [we] and [wi] respectively.