Korean

• Alternate names: Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh Also: in China -- Chaoxian, Hanguohua; in Libya -- Hangeul
• Scriptures published: Bible (1911--1993) New Testament (1887--1983) Portions (1882--1961)
• Literacy: Literacy rate in first language: 98% (1995). Higher adult illiteracy is reported on Cheju Island
• Primary country: Republic of Korea
• Also used in: American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, Belize, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, China, Germany, Guam, Japan, Kazakhstan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mauritania, Mongolia, Mozambique, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Suriname, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United States, Uzbekistan
• Religion: Buddhist, Christian
• Status: De facto national language in Korea, North; De facto national language in Korea, South
• Number of users: 66,418,320 (42,000,000 in Korea, South (1986); 1,920,000 in China (2000 census); 1,000)

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Watch The JESUS Film in Korean
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Korean
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Korean on the web
• Joshua Project: Korean — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Korean — detailed linguistic information.