Korean dialects

Korean
Native speakers	75 million (2007)[1]
Language family	Koreanic Korean
Dialects	Hamgyŏng (NE) Pyŏngan (NW) Central Gyeongsang (SE) Jeolla (SW) Jeju (obsolete) Yukchin (?)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ko
ISO 639-2	kor
ISO 639-3	kor
Glottolog	kore1280
Korean dialects in Korea and neighboring areas

A number of Korean dialects are spoken in Korea and by the Korean diaspora. The peninsula is very mountainous and each dialect's "territory" corresponds closely to the natural boundaries between different geographical regions of Korea. Most of the dialects are named for one of the traditional Eight Provinces of Korea. In the Korean language, only the Jeju dialect is considered sufficiently distinct to be regarded as a separate language.