Korean
Korean is documented on Dialect Atlas across 5 dialects, including Gyeongsang, Jeju, Jeolla.
Dialects of Korean
- GyeongsangSoutheastern Korean · Busan dialectThe Korean of Busan and the south-eastern Gyeongsang region. The most widely recognised non-standard Korean dialect, marked by its pitch-accent system.
- JejuJejueoThe variety of Jeju Island, often classified as a separate Koreanic language. Carries archaic features lost on the mainland and is critically endangered.
- JeollaSouthwestern KoreanThe Korean of the south-western Jeolla region around Gwangju. Distinct vowel realisations, sentence-final endings, and a strong rural culinary lexicon.
- Koryo-marKoryo-mal · Koryo-saram KoreanThe 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.
- Seoul KoreanStandard Korean · PyojuneoThe Seoul-based standard of South Korean. Carried nationwide by broadcasting and public education, and the basis of most Korean instruction abroad.
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