North Korea
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Chinese
[zho] A macrolanguage. Scattered throughout country. 51,000 in North Korea. Non-indigenous.
Korean
[kor] Widespread. Users: 25,400,000 in North Korea (2019). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Classification: Koreanic.
Korean Sign Language
[kvk] Scattered. Users: 128,000 in North Korea (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 75,000–150,000 deaf signers, assuming 0.3%–0.6% of total population. Status: 5 (Dispersed). Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.