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It's Korean. The spoken language is unique to Korea. It is NOT similar to Japanese (the language spoken in Japan.) Unlike Western European languages with a Latin base, the written Chinese shared by many countries in Asia, has the same meaning, but not the same pronunciation! The Korea peninsula is unique in having almost no ethnic minorities, 99.98% ethnic Korean. Hello in Korean is "Annyonhaseyo."

Total Korean language speakers 87 million. L1 is Korean. 87-89 million Koreans speak. L2 is English, Japanese, Chinese. Korean alphabet is used 80 percent. Chinese characters is used 20 percent.

Korean.

Some do some don't, but I believe the percentage is quite low. Maybe below 10%.
Koreans speak the Korean language, a language isolate (so it isn't directly descended from another language as far as people have been able to tell) that has some relation to Japanese thanks to a very long and conflicted association with Japan.
"Koreans" speak Korean.
Korean.

(Hangul)

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Both North and South Korea are rare examples of a virtually monolingual society. With the exception of tourists, the only language spoken there is Korean.

The main foreign languages found in South Korea would be English, and French.

Korean or English.

yeah, it is called Korean for some but it is hun min jeong um or han geul in real korea.

it depends what part of south korean they are from

because in south korean have dialect

Hamgyŏng dialects, or Northeastern Korean

For example, "father", in standard Korean abŏji (아버지), becomes abai (아바이) or aebi (애비)

Northwestern dialects

-P'yŏng'a

-Hwanghae

-Yukchin

because they are nearby China they spoke historical

Central dialects

-Seoul dialect Spoken in Gyeonggi, Incheon, Seoul (South Korea), and Kaesŏng (North Korea). The basis of the standard language.

-Yeongseo dialects Yeongseo is quite distinct from the Yeongdong dialects to the east of the mountains.

-Chungcheong dialects

Yoengdong dialects

is quite distinct from the Central Korean dialects to the east of the mountains.

Gyeongsang dialects

Spoken in Gyeongsang (Yeongnam) region of South Korea, including the cities of Busan, Daegu, and Ulsan. For example, eomi'mother' is emi, and gogi 'meat' is gegi.

Jeolla Dialect

Spoken in the Jeolla (Honam) region of South Korea, including the city of Gwangju.For example, the verb ending that indicates "since", -neundae, becomes -neundi (는디).

Jeju dialect

is spoken on Jeju Island, off the southwest coast of South Korea, and is sometimes considered a separate Koreanic language. For example "father"아방abang아버지abeoji

other than that in Korea speaks Korean

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The dominant language in South Korea is Korean, which is an isolated language family. A number of well-educated Koreans also speak English and a number of older Koreans also speak Japanese because of the pre-1945 Japanese colonization.

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Korean, also called Hanguk-eo (한국어) in South Korea is the official language and dominant language in South Korea. English is used as a secondary language, usually when conversing with foreigners, but does not have high penetration.

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The 2 official languages of South Korea are Korean and Korean sign language.

The 1 official language of North Korea is Korean.


Both North Korea and South Korea are very monolingual societies.


Korean is called Hanguk-eo (한국어) in South Korea and Joseon-mul (조선말) in North Korea. North Korean and South Korean have become distinct dialects since 1953
There are no other languages native to the area, and no other languages are widely spoken. English is a widely studied second language in South Korea, but very few can speak it.


Korean Sign Language or KSL (Korean: 한국 수화 언어 韓國手話言語 Hanguk Suhwa Eoneo or 한국 수어 韓國手語 Hanguk Sueo) is the deaf sign language of South Korea. It is often referred to simply as 수화 手話 suhwa, which means signing in general.


Information about North Korean Sign Language is unknown.

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The 2 official languages of South Korea are:

  1. Korean
  2. Korean sign language.


Korean is called Hanguk-eo (한국어) in South Korea
There are no other languages native to the area, and no other languages are widely spoken. English is a widely studied second language, but very few people can actually speak it fluently.


Korean Sign Language or KSL (Korean: 한국 수화 언어 韓國手話言語 Hanguk Suhwa Eoneo or 한국 수어 韓國手語 Hanguk Sueo) is the deaf sign language of Korea. It is often referred to simply as 수화 手話 suhwa, which means signing in general.


There are several dialects of Korean in South Korea:


Northeastern

  • Hamgyŏng dialects

Northwestern

  • P'yŏng'a
  • Hwanghae
  • Yukchin

Central

  • Seoul dialect spoken in Gyeonggi, Incheon, Seoul (was also spoken in Kaesŏng North Korea though since the 1950's that city's language has diverged quite a bit). The Seoul Dialect is the basis of the standard language.
  • Yeongseo dialects. The Yeongseo dialects are distinct from the Yeongdong dialects to the east of the mountains.
  • Chungcheong dialects
  • Yoengdong dialects, which are distinct from the Central Korean dialects to the east of the mountains.

Gyeongsang dialects

  • Spoken in the Gyeongsang (Yeongnam) region, including Busan, Daegu, and Ulsan.

Jeolla Dialect

  • Spoken in the Jeolla (Honam) region, including the city of Gwangju.

Jeju dialect

  • Spoken on Jeju Island, off the southwest coast of South Korea. Jeju is the most divergent from Standard Korean.
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Only one: Korean. Although Mandarin is spoken in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of North Korea.

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They both speak korean with only a few pronunciation differences

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Korean (or hangul as it's called in Korean)

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Just one. The only official language of both North and South Korean is Korean.

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