ISO 639-3 · jjejje
Koreanic family
Jeju
제주말
Jeju is a language of the Koreanic branch, spoken in South Korea. Wikidata counts 5,000 first-language speakers (2014). Wikidata describes it as “language spoken in Jeju, South Korea”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
jje- Glottocode
jeju1234- Family
- Koreanic
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Critically endangered
- Wikipedia
- 31 language editions
5,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Jeju · 제주말 |
|---|---|
| Also called | Jejueo language, Jejueo, Jeju language, Jeju, Jejuan language |
| L1 speakers | 5,000 (2014) |
| Written in | Old Hangul |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Critically endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Koreanic to Jeju
The branches above Jeju, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
6KoreanicfamilyjjeJejulanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
