South Korea

=== Language ===
{{Main|Korean language|Korean dialects}}
[[File:Koreandialects.png|thumb|200px|Dialects of the Korean language]]
Korean is the official language of South Korea and is classified by most linguists as a [[language isolate]]. It incorporates a significant number of [[Loanword|loan words]] from Chinese. Korean uses an indigenous writing system called [[Hangul]], created in 1446 by [[Sejong the Great|King Sejong]], to provide a convenient alternative to the [[Classical Chinese]] [[Hanja]] characters that were difficult to learn and did not fit the Korean language well. South Korea still uses some Chinese Hanja characters in limited areas, such as print media and legal documentation.

The Korean language in South Korea has a [[South Korean standard language|standard dialect]] known as the [[Gyeonggi dialect|Seoul dialect]], with an additional four dialects ([[Chungcheong dialect|Chungcheong]], [[Gangwon dialect|Gangwon]], [[Gyeongsang dialect|Gyeongsang]], and [[Jeolla dialect|Jeolla]]) and one language ([[Jeju language|Jeju]]) in use around the country. Almost all South Korean students today learn [[English language education in South Korea|English]] throughout their education.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/korea-south/ | title=Korea, South | date=16 October 2023 | access-date=23 January 2021 | archive-date=29 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129003620/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/korea-south/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ethnologue.com/country/KR/ | title=South Korea &#124; Ethnologue Free | access-date=28 March 2024 | archive-date=9 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309065922/https://www.ethnologue.com/country/KR/ | url-status=live }}</ref>