<P> The following differences are recognised in the consonants . In the Seoul dialect, ᄌ, ᄎ and ᄍ are typically pronounced with alveolo - palatal affricates (tɕ), (tɕh), (tɕ͈). In the Pyongyang dialect, they are typically pronounced with alveolar affricates (ts), (tsh), (ts͈). Also, 지 and 시 can be pronounced without palatalisation as (tsi) and (si) in the Pyongyang dialect . </P> <P> In Sino - Korean words, some of ᄂ n and all of ᄅ l that come in the beginning of a word are dropped in pronunciation and not written out in the South, but all initial ᄂ and ᄅ are written out in the North . For instance, the common last name 이 (i) (often written out in English as Lee, seemingly staying true to the North Korean typography and pronunciation), is written and pronounced as 리 (ɾi) in North Korean . Furthermore, the South Korean word 여자 (jʌdʑa), meaning woman, is similarly written as 녀자 (njɔdʑa) in North Korea . But as this latter pronunciation was artificially crafted in the 1960s, it is common for older speakers to be unable to pronounce initial ᄂ and ᄅ properly, thus pronouncing such words in the same way as they are pronounced in the South . </P> <P> The liquid consonant (ɾ) does not come after the nasal consonants (m) and (ŋ). In this position, ᄅ is pronounced as (n) rather than (ɾ). But in North Korea, ᄅ before vowels ᅣ, ᅧ, ᅭ, and ᅲ can remain (ɾ) in this context . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> North </Th> <Th> South </Th> <Th> Hanja </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 침략 (tɕhimnjak̚) ch'imnyak or (tɕhimɾjak̚) ch'imryak </Td> <Td> (tɕhimnjak̚) chimnyak </Td> <Td> 侵略 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 협력 (hjɔmnjɔk̚) hyŏmnyŏk or (hjɔmɾjɔk̚) hyŏmryŏk </Td> <Td> (hjʌmnjʌk̚) hyeomnyeok </Td> <Td> 協力 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 식료 singnyo or singryo </Td> <Td> singnyo </Td> <Td> 食料 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 청류 벽 ch'ŏngnyubyŏk or ch'ŏngryubyŏk </Td> <Td> cheongnyubyeok </Td> <Td> 淸 流 壁 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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