Sociolinguistic Artifacts

Jeju, as an island separated from the mainland of Korea, has developed both a strong regional accent and dialect overtime. Older speakers tend to retain strong manifestations of both even in the modern day. This video is an example of a Korean elder speaking; you can see in the comments, however, and in the video itself, that modern day non-Jeju speakers have difficulty understanding her speech, even going as far as to compare it to English instead of Korean.