This paper discusses Korean consonant system in terms of typological universals of natural languages with the data in UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database (1984) and The World Atlas of Language Structures (2005). Korean manifests the following common facts that are found in natural languages; (i) the size of phonological inventory and consonant inventory of Korean, (ii) the ratio of obstruents-sonorants, (iii) the number of nasals and glides, and (iv) the frequency of stops(including affricates) based on the place of articulation. On the other hand, Korean has a very unique structure of stops, affricates and fricatives in terms of the manner of articulation. In particular, the aspirated and tense segments make the Korean consonant system different from the general aspects that are found in other human languages.
1. 들어가는 말
2. 한국어 자음 체계의 크기와 구성상의 특징
3. 한국어 자음 체계의 음성 자질별 특성
4. 맺음말
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