Jeju people
제주사름, 濟州人 | |
|---|---|
Group of Jeju haenyo | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Jeju Province | 600,000 |
| Languages | |
| Jeju, Korean (Pyojun-eo) | |
| Religion | |
| Korean Shamanism, Buddhism, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Koreans | |
The Jeju people or Jejuans are a subgroup of Koreans native to the Jeju island, which is geographically located in the East China Sea. Administratively, they live in Jeju Province, excluding Chuja Islands, an autonomous self-governing province of South Korea.
Jejuans speak the Jeju language, which is considered to be one of the two branches of the Koreanic language family, as it has no mutual intelligibility with Standard Korean or any other Korean dialects in the Korean Peninsula. Jejuans also have unique cultural traditions that are distinct from mainland Koreans.