Languages of Korea, North
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Chosun Minchu-chui Inmin Konghwa-guk. 23,616,000. National or official language: Korean. Literacy rate: 91%–99%. Also includes Chinese (51,000). Information mainly from B. Comrie 1987. Blind population: 110,000 (1982 WCE). The number of individual languages listed for Korea, North is 1.
| Korean | [kor]
20,000,000 in Korea, North (1986).
Dialects: Hamgyongdo (North Hamgyongdo, South Hamgyongdo), P’yong’ando (North P’yong’ando, South P’yong’ando), Hwanghaedo.
Classification: Language isolate
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