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Chinese, Mandarin
[cmn] Users: 198,000 in South Korea (2020 census). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Sino-Tibetan, Chinese.
English
[eng] Users: 5,141,000 in South Korea, all users. L1 users: 141,000 in South Korea (2020). L2 users: 5,000,000 (2014 The Diplomat). Status: 4 (Educational). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Jejueo
[jje] Jeju province: Jeju island. Users: 5,000 in South Korea (2014 W. O’Grady). Status: 8a (Moribund). Alternate Names: Cheju, Chejumal, Cheycwu, Cheycwumal, Jeju, Jeju bang-eon, Jeju saturi, Jejumal. Classification: Koreanic.
Korean
[kor] Widespread. Users: 50,200,000 in South Korea (2020). Total users in all countries: 81,721,960. Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Autonym: 한국말 (Hanguk-mal), 한국어 (Hanguk-eo). Classification: Koreanic.
Korean Sign Language
[kvk] Scattered. Users: 180,000 in South Korea (2008 WFD). Approximately 0.4% of total population. Total users in all countries: 308,000. Status: 4 (Educational). Recognized language (2016, Korean Sign Language Act), Requires a KSL Development Plan every five years, promotion of standardization, use of KSL in education, promotion in other areas of life, competency testing, and interpreters. Alternate Names: Hanguk Sueo, Hanguk Suhwa Eoneo, KSL. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Mongolian, Halh
[khk] Users: 32,700 in South Korea (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Mongolic, Eastern, Oirat-Khalkha, Khalkha-Buriat, Mongolian Proper.
Nepali
[npi] Users: 27,200 in South Korea (International Organization for Migration (IOM) 2019), based on nationality. Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Eastern, Eastern Pahari.
Tagalog
[tgl] Users: 30,000 in South Korea (2020). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Central Philippine, Tagalog.