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.