Dialect comparison

Jeju vs Koryo-mar

Compare two dialects of Korean side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Jeju

Jejueo

The variety of Jeju Island, often classified as a separate Koreanic language. Carries archaic features lost on the mainland and is critically endangered.

Approximate centre
33.50°, 126.53°
Koryo-mar

Koryo-mal · Koryo-saram Korean

The Korean variety of the Koryo-saram, descended from communities deported from the Soviet Far East in 1937 to Central Asia. A Hamgyŏng-derived dialect heavily influenced by Russian, now critically endangered.

Approximate centre
45.26°, 77.97°

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