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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[시계|시게]
지폐[지폐|지페] except 실례[실례]
ㅢ at the syllable-initial position without any preceding
consonant may be pronounced as ㅡ : 의사[의사|으사]. 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[회의|회이]. When ㅢ is used as possessive particle,
it may be pronounced as ㅔ : 우리의[우리의|우리에], 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.
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