Korean phonology - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_phonologyKorean has 19 consonant phonemes. For each stop and affricate, there is a three-way contrast between unvoiced segments, which are distinguished as plain, tense, and aspirated. • The "plain" segments, sometimes referred to as "lax" or "lenis," are considered to be the more "basic" or unmarked members of the Korean obstruent series. The "plain" segments are also disti…