Korean Translation

Language Name: Korean

Other Names of Korean:

Korean Language Varieties: Standard Diaclects are Seoul and P’yŏngan.

Written Script of Korean: Hangul

Korean is an Official Language in: North Korea, South Korea, People’s Republic of China

Korean is spoken in: South Korea, North Korea, People’s Republic of China, United States

Korean Number of Speakers: 78 million Korean speakers worldwide speaks Korean language

Korean ISO Code: ko, kor

Notes:

  • All dialects of Korean are similar to each other and mutually intelligible except for Jeju dialect.
  • The Korean language used in the North and the South exhibits differences in pronunciation, spelling, grammar and vocabulary.