Dialects/Regions of Korea Explained

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Dialects of Korea. Like the U.S. or the U.K., it is the same language however sounds different in many of their areas. However, to South Korea, one of the most homogeneous nations of the world with 95% being ethnically Korean, it may be different.

From the South:
Jeju (제주) Culture: Gray, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province
Jeonla (전라) Culture: Gold, South and North Jeonla Province, Gwangju City
Gyungsang (경상) Culture: Red, South and North Gyungsang Prov, Busan, Ulsan, and Daegu Cities
Choongchung (충청) Culture: Blue, South and North Choongchung Prov, Daejeon City, Sejong Special City
Gyungi (경기) Culture: Dark Green, Gyungi Province, Seoul Special City, Incheon
Gangwon (강원) Culture: Purple, South Korean and North Korean Gangwon Proivnces, Mt. Kumgang Tourist Region
Hwanghae (황해) Culture: Orange, South and North Hwanghae Provinces
Pyungan (평안) Culture: Lime Green, South and North Pyungan Provinces, Pyungyang, New Yiju Free Trade City, and Jagang Province
Hamgyung (함경) Culture: North and South Hamgyung Provinces, Nasun Special City

Korea has 9 different dialects with its own regional culture, dialect, and stereotypes. The languages, no matter how strange one person from Jeonla can speak, I bet that a person from Hamgyung province could understand it. In fact, Jeju is the most culturally different province from the rest of Korea. That's why there was a secession movement in the 50's. (But seriously, they can understand Korean fine, and I'm a Jeju person myself, so...) The provincial borders are very clear; the Jeonla dialect exists in the Jeonla Provinces, Gyungsang dialect in the Gyungsang Provinces, and so on. In fact, the reason there are the "North and South provinces" in South Korea, is because one nation is hard to govern with only 5 provinces (At the time Jeju was part of Jeonla.), and they thought the reasonable number would be around 10.

Some regional stereotypes I know of is putting dangke (당께) on every end of a sentence said by a Choongchung person, a dialect sounding similar to South Japanese (but many of their ancestors came from Korea) in Gyungsang, and a bunch of unknown words used by Jeju commoners.
There is also a regional variety in Kimchi, Korea's national food, which makes a great side dish, Very strange, but if you compare it to comparing German beer to Czech beer or a bunch of types of German beer INSIDE Germany, that's probably not an uncommon thing to see in the world.

Nowadays, the Gyungi cultural popularity is growing in South Korea, and the Pyungan cultural popularity is like 100% in North Korea.

In the old days where Korean dynasties used to control a huge chunk of Manchuria, (Northeast China), some North Korean cultures were there, too. Now, the place is just full of Han Chinese, Manchurians, and a Korean Autonomous Prefecture. Mao Zedong loved Koreans, too.

Also saying, the Hamgyung Culture actually is a mix of Korean and Manchurian ethnicity. The Southern half of Manchurian ethnicity is known to be "sucked in" by Korea.
Good night.

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