Jeju

See also: jeju and jejú

English

Alternative forms

• Cheju (from McCune-Reischauer transliteration)

Etymology

From Korean 제주 (濟州, Jeju).

Proper noun

Jeju

1. An island, province and a city in South Korea.
2. An endangered language, sometimes considered a dialect of the Korean language, spoken on the island.

Translations

island in South Korea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濟州島 (zh), 济州岛 (zh) (Jìzhōudǎo), 濟州 (zh), 济州 (zh) (Jìzhōu)

• Japanese: 済州島 (Cheju-do, Saishū-tō), 済州 (Cheju, Saishū)

• Korean: 제주도(濟州島) (ko) (Jeju-do), 제주(濟州) (ko) (Jeju)
• Russian: Чеджудо́ (ru) m (Čedžudó)
• Vietnamese: Đảo Tế Châu (島濟州)

province in South Korea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濟州 (zh), 济州 (zh) (Jìzhōu)

• Japanese: 済州 (Cheju, Saishū)

• Korean: 제주(濟州) (ko) (Jeju)
• Russian: Чеджудо́ (ru) f (Čedžudó), Чеджу́ (ru) f (Čedžú)
• Vietnamese: Tế Châu (濟州)

city in South Korea

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濟州市, 济州市 (Jìzhōu shì), 濟州 (zh), 济州 (zh) (Jìzhōu)

• Japanese: 済州市 (Cheju-shi, Saishū-shi), 済州 (Cheju, Saishū)

• Korean: 제주시(濟州市) (Jeju-si), 제주(濟州) (ko) (Jeju)
• Russian: Чеджу́ (ru) m (Čedžú)
• Vietnamese: thành phố Tế Châu (城庯濟州), Tế Châu (濟州)

lect

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濟州方言, 濟州話

• Jeju: 제줏말 (Jejunmal), 제주말 (Jejumal)
• Korean: 제주말 (Jeju-mal), 제주어(濟州語) (Jeju-eo)

• Russian: чеджу́ (ru) m (čedžú)

See also

• Jeju language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator
• Wikipedia article on Jeju
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Jeju terms
• Appendix:Jeju Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Jeju

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code jje (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Jeju, jje