DuolingoDuolingo's course list, read on October 15, 2026, has a single Korean course, offered from 28 languages. It has no course for Busan Korean or for Gyeongsang, the dialect group Busan belongs to.
Busan speech asks questions in its own way. A question with a question word in it ends in 노, as in 니 와 그라노? ("Why are you acting like that?"), and a yes-or-no question ends in 나. The apps below teach these forms, or let you hear them from people who grew up with them. For videos and English guides, see our Busan Korean guide.
Custom Lessons Made for You
Bubblegum
For serious learners, Bubblegum is the best app to learn Busan Korean. You learn from Busan Korean you can mostly understand, which is called comprehensible input.
Poppy, your AI tutor, writes each Busan lesson for your level, on any topic you pick. Ask for a Lotte Giants game with friends, and they cheer and chat in Busan speech, while a shop clerk still speaks politely. Tap any word you don't know, or ask Poppy about an ending.
When you want to practice out loud with someone from Busan, try the tutors and partners below.
- Busan Korean is its own journey, and the lessons are written in Busan speech.
- Grammar cards explain endings such as 아이가 and 데이.
- Saved words come back inside new Busan lessons, thanks to Regenerative Review™.
- Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
- You can't add your own books or articles.
- A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn.
- Regenerative Review™
- Teaches Busan speech
- Teaches Hangul
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Gyeongsang Dialect Courses
These two courses teach Gyeongsang speech, and Busan is the region's biggest city.
Talk To Me In Korean Courses
Talk To Me In Korean's Gyeong-sang Province Dialect Lessons fit learners who can already follow a conversation in standard Korean and want to understand the southeast.
- Two teachers act out dialogues in 10 audio lessons, about 1 hour and 48 minutes in all.
- Lesson titles are dialect lines, such as 이거 얼만데예? and 고기 탄다. 디끼라.
- Teaches Busan speech (partly)
- Teaches Hangul
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KoreanClass101
KoreanClass101's series teaches words and phrases you'd hear only in Gyeongsangdo Korean.
- It has 25 audio lessons on Gyeongsangdo Korean, each three or four minutes long.
- Lessons cover everyday words, such as how to say hello or yes and no.
- Teaches Busan speech (partly)
- Teaches Hangul
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Practice With People From Busan
italki
Ask your tutor to say a line in Busan Korean, then the same line in standard Korean, so you hear the difference.
- You meet a Korean tutor of your choice for a video lesson.
- Tutors set their own prices, and new students can try three lessons for less than $5 each.
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Tandem
Look through Tandem's Busan page for a partner who lives there, and swap practice in Busan Korean for practice in your language.
- Send voice notes or call by video.
- Your partner can correct what you write.
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How to Start With Each App
| App | How You Can Start |
|---|---|
| Talk To Me In Korean | You can try every TTMIK course free for 7 days. |
| KoreanClass101 | You can sign up free with no card, then try everything for 7 days. |
| italki | Creating an account is free, and after that each lesson has a price. |
| Tandem | You can chat for free, or pay for Tandem Pro to get every feature. |
Common Questions
Which Busan Korean app should a beginner choose?
If you are serious about learning Busan Korean, start with Bubblegum. Poppy writes lessons at your level about things you like. Or practice with a tutor from Busan on italki. Both dialect courses above are for learners well past the basics, so keep them for later.
Is Busan Korean the same as the Gyeongsang dialect?
Busan Korean is one part of it. The Gyeongsang dialects come from the old Gyeongsang Province, which today covers Busan, Daegu, Ulsan, and North and South Gyeongsang Province.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. The lesson library is free for everyone, because we believe everyone should be able to learn. It holds lessons that other learners asked Poppy for. A new custom lesson costs us real money to make, so your first one is free, and Bubblegum Pro gives you unlimited custom lessons.
Sources
- Duolingo: course list (read October 15, 2026)
- Duolingo: Korean course for English speakers
- Wikipedia: Gyeongsang dialect
- Wikipedia: Busan (South Korea's second-largest city)
- Talk To Me In Korean: Gyeong-sang Province Dialect Lessons
- KoreanClass101: Advanced Audio Blog 7, Gyeongsangdo Korean
- KoreanClass101: home page and free account
- Innovative Language: iPhone listing (free lifetime account and 7-day trial)
- italki: Korean teachers
- italki: current iPhone listing (three trial classes for less than $5 each)
- Tandem: Learn Korean in Busan
- Tandem: current iPhone listing
- Bubblegum
- Talk To Me In Korean Courses
- italki
- Tandem
Checked on October 15, 2026 against each app's own pages.
