#obscure languages

[tigrene]

hi!

your language is jeju (aka jejueo or jejuan)!

native to jeju island off of mainland korea

originally a dialect of korean, but has diverged from it

preserves several aspects of ancient korean, such as certain sounds

5-10k ish speakers

further reading:

https://en.koreanstory.net/2025/04/03/jeju-dialect-a-unique-language-from-the-beautiful-island-of-korea/ https://jeju.guru/jeju-dialect-korean-and-hanja-resources/ http://jst.re.kr/upload/pdf/RC00001938.pdf https://iso639-3.sil.org/sites/iso639-3/files/change_requests/2014/2014-004_jje.pdf

WOAAAAH COOOL!!! i'll learn more about this later!!!

[filth-thezine]

Gacha Bakradze - Lead

[kirkdoespitchfork]

Gacha Bakradze - Obscure Languages

Pitchfork: 6.8

Me: Same 

Judged solely on what it is/its relative merits, this is a fine record of electronic music (meaning this isn’t my thing and I don’t really like it that much, but I can’t deny that it’s good). It's focused heavily on building tone collages out of underlying rhythms.