Koryo-mar

Koryo-mar (Korean: 고려말; Russian: Корё мар; see also § Names) is a dialect of Korean spoken by Koryo-saram, ethnic Koreans who live in the countries of the former Soviet Union. It is descended from the Hamgyŏng dialect and multiple other varieties of Northeastern Korean. Koryo-mar is often reported as difficult to understand by speakers of standard Korean; this may be compounded by the fact that the majority of Koryo-saram today use Russian and not Korean as their first language.

Koryo-mar
고려말
Pronunciation[ko.ɾjo.maɾ]
Native toUzbekistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan
EthnicityKorean
Native speakers
(220,000 cited 1989)
current number of speakers is unknown
Writing system
Hangul
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
GlottologNone
IETFko-143
Koryo-mar
North Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl고려말
Hancha高麗말
Russian name
RussianКорё мар
RomanizationKoryo mar

According to German Kim, Koryo-mar is not widely used in the media and is not taught in schools. Thus it can be classified as endangered.

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