Korean Dialects

Just like any other language ; Swedish or English the Korea language does of course also have different regional dialects. I witnessed that firsthand when I lived with my onnis a while back, I didn't know it at the time but they apparently spoke some Gyeongsang dialect and when I lived there I carefully tried to memorize a phare here and there. It worked more then fine when I was with my Korean family, but when I was with other native Koreans they either got very surprised or didn't understand what I meant...

• Standard dialect - here and there
• Seoul dialect - Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi (Kaesong as in North Korea)
• Py´õngan dialect - Pyongan & Pyongan region ( Chagang as in North Korea)
• Chungcheon dialect - Daejeon, Chungcheon region
• Gangwon dialect - Gangwon-do (Kangwon as in North Korea)
• Gyeongsang dialect - Busan, Daegu, Ulsan and Gyeongsang region 
• Hamgyõng dialect - Rasõn, Hamgyõng region, (Ryanggang as in North Korea)
• Hwanghae dialect - (Hwanghae region as in North Korea)
• Jeju dialect - Jeju Island 
• Jeolla dialect - Gwangju & Jeolla region

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