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ALSO KNOWN AS		제주어, Jejumal, 제주말, Jeju saturi, 제주 사투리, Saturi, 사투리, Jeju bangeon, 제주 방언, 濟州方言, Chejueo, 濟州語, Jejutmal, 제줏말, Jeju Jiyeokeo, 제주 지역어, 濟州地域語
CLASSIFICATION		Koreanic
ORTHOGRAPHY		Hangul-based
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		jje
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Information from: “ISO 639-3 Language Code Request for Jejueo” . William O'Grady and Changyong Yang and Sejung Yang (2014)

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000-10,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
600,000

DOMAINS OF USE

TRANSMISSION

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Jejueo is used primarily in informal settings (e.g., in the home), largely by elderly speakers with a strong sense of ethnolinguistic identity. Moreover, here is reason to believe that many people born and raised on Jeju Island speak a colloquial variety of Korean that is in fact a mixed language that draws mostly on Korean but includes some Jejueo as well.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

Jeju Ministry of Education

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Jeju Preservation Society

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Korean

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

The Jeju Ministry of Education has released 8 online textbooks for elementary and middle schools. Various children’s storybooks have been published in Jejueo, and some newspapers publish Jejueo dialogues and Jejueo novels in serial form. In addition, the Jejueo Preservation Society publishes a bimonthly magazine in Jejueo. Two radio stations broadcast programs that include some Jejueo conversation. One elementary school on Jeju Island has been officially designated by the Jeju Island Ministry of Education as a laboratory (demonstration) school for teaching Jejueo.

Scripts (Writing system)

Hangul-based

More on Orthography

A standard Jejueo orthography was developed by a group of researchers and linguists, and guidelines for its use were released in 2013.

PLACES: South Korea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Jejueo is spoken primarily on Jeju Island (33°22'N 126°32'E) in Korea. It is also used by some ethnic Koreans in the Osaka area of Japan, who fled there in the late 1940s and early 1950s at a time of harsh military suppression on Jeju Island.

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000-10,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Nearly all speakers are above 70 years of age.

DATE OF INFO: 2010

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: South Korea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Jeju Island, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Republic of Korea

Jejueo

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000-10,000

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000-10,000

Discussion

			3rd		2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger						UNESCO Publishing			Paris					http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub					5,000-10,000	2010	1000-9999	Nearly all speakers are above 70 years of age.												Severely Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14							South Korea	Jeju Island, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Republic of Korea	33.3671, 126.4974
		June			2014	ISO 639-3 Language Code Request for Jejueo										University of Hawaii and Jeju National University				http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2014-004_jje.pdf	William O'Grady and Changyong Yang and Sejung Yang	William O'Grady, Changyong Yang and Sejung Yang. 2014. "ISO 639-3 Language Code Request For Jejueo." http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2014-004_jje.pdf			600,000			5,000-10,000		1000-9999						Korean		Jeju Ministry of Education		The Jeju Ministry of Education has released 8 online textbooks for elementary and middle schools. Various children’s storybooks have been published in Jejueo, and some newspapers publish Jejueo dialogues and Jejueo novels in serial form. In addition, the Jejueo Preservation Society publishes a bimonthly magazine in Jejueo. Two radio stations broadcast programs that include some Jejueo conversation. One elementary school on Jeju Island has been officially designated by the Jeju Island Ministry of Education as a laboratory (demonstration) school for teaching Jejueo.	Jeju Preservation Society		Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13		Jejueo is used primarily in informal settings (e.g., in the home), largely by elderly speakers with a strong sense of ethnolinguistic identity. Moreover, here is reason to believe that many people born and raised on Jeju Island speak a colloquial variety of Korean that is in fact a mixed language that draws mostly on Korean but includes some Jejueo as well.	14				South Korea	Jejueo is spoken primarily on Jeju Island (33°22'N 126°32'E) in Korea. It is also used by some ethnic Koreans in the Osaka area of Japan, who fled there in the late 1940s and early 1950s at a time of harsh military suppression on Jeju Island.	33.366667,126.533333

Jejueo

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000-10,000

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000-10,000

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