Jeju people

Jeju people
제주사름, 濟州人
Regions with significant populations
Jeju Province	600,000
Languages
	Jeju, Korean (Pyojun-eo, Jeolla dialect)
Religion
	Korean Shamanism, Christianity, Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
	Koreans

The Jeju people or Jejuans (Jeju: 제주사름; Jeju RR: Jeju-sareum; Korean: 제주인; Hanja: 濟州人; RR: Jeju-in^[1]), also known as Cheju people or Chejuan, are an ethnic group native to Jeju Island, which is geographically located in the East China Sea. Administratively, they live in Jeju Province, an autonomous self-governing province of South Korea.^[2]

Jejuans speak the Jeju language, which is considered to be one of the two branches of the Koreanic language family, as it has no mutual intelligibility with Standard Korean or any other Korean dialects in the Korean Peninsula. Jejuans also have unique cultural traditions that are distinct from mainland Koreans.^[3]^[4]

^ Kim, Seongjin 김성진 (December 1, 2011). "육지에 살아도 마음은 강정에...'강정사랑 제주사름' 출범". 제주의소리. Retrieved March 23, 2024. 서울 등 다른 지방으로 나가 생활하는 제주인들이 만든 '강정을 사랑하는 육지사는 제주사름(사람)'이 1일 출범했다.
^ "Jeju Special Autonomous Province". Archived from the original on September 26, 2004. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
^ "Beyond tangerines and beaches: Jeju's unique culture". The Korea Herald. November 13, 2011. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2022. Jeju Island, a volcanic tourist attraction off the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula, has developed its unique culture over thousands of years due to its people's relationship with nature and mythology.
^ Minahan, James (2002). Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. pp. 191–192. ISBN 0313316171.

[1] Kim, Seongjin 김성진 (December 1, 2011). "육지에 살아도 마음은 강정에...'강정사랑 제주사름' 출범". 제주의소리. Retrieved March 23, 2024. 서울 등 다른 지방으로 나가 생활하는 제주인들이 만든 '강정을 사랑하는 육지사는 제주사름(사람)'이 1일 출범했다.

[2] "Jeju Special Autonomous Province". Archived from the original on September 26, 2004. Retrieved May 16, 2012.

[3] "Beyond tangerines and beaches: Jeju's unique culture". The Korea Herald. November 13, 2011. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2022. Jeju Island, a volcanic tourist attraction off the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula, has developed its unique culture over thousands of years due to its people's relationship with nature and mythology.

[4] Minahan, James (2002). Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. pp. 191–192. ISBN 0313316171.

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