Talk:Initial sound rule

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Requested move 13 August 2026

Latest comment: 13 hours ago3 comments2 people in discussion

It has been proposed in this section that Initial sound rule be renamed and moved to Word-initial /l/ and /n/ in Korean.

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~~Initial sound rule → Word-initial rieul and nieun in Hangul~~

Initial sound rule → Word-initial /l/ and /n/ in Korean

This phrasing "initial sound rule" is not something I've ever encountered in academic literature. It's likely an ad-hoc translation of the term 두음법칙 by the creator of this Wikipedia article. I propose change per WP:COMMONNAME.

On the other hand, I've seen:

"Word-initial /l/ and /n/" in The Languages of Korea (2012) p. 171
"Word-initial /l/ and /n/" in The Korean Language (2001) p. 65
"Word-initial /l/ and /n/" in The Korean Langauge (2000) p. 27
"Word-initial /l/ and /n/" in The Korean Language (2006) p. 171
"Word-initial /l/ and /n/" in The Sounds of Korean (2012) p. 212

~~I'm reluctant to use "/l/" and "/n/" on Wikipedia because that notation only makes sense with context of language, but I can be convinced otherwise grapesurgeon (talk) 11:56, 13 August 2026 (UTC)~~ (edited: see below) grapesurgeon (talk) 12:31, 13 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

I would say that a better title is Word-initial /l/ and /n/ in Korean. In this case the matter is the pronunciation in the Korean language; whether to reflect that in the hangul orthography for the Korean language comes after that. ~2026-44551-01 (talk) 12:29, 13 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

Ah fair enough. I'll modify my move proposal to reflect that grapesurgeon (talk) 12:30, 13 August 2026 (UTC)Reply