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Apart from the standard Japanese that foreigners learn, every region of Japan has its own unique dialect (ben). However, Kyoto people don’t like their language to be seen as a provincial dialect as it derives from a time when Kyoto was the imperial capital and, therefore, was once the standard. So I will [Continue Reading…]
Kumamoto Japanese dialect is spoken in areas of the Kumamoto prefecture in western Kyushu. To a foreigner just learning or in the intermediate course of learning the standard Japanese language, the Kumamoto Japanese dialect may seem strange and rather funny but once you learn some cute and funny words and phrases [Continue Reading…]
Tohoku Japanese dialect is one of Japan’s crudest and oldest dialects. Some people consider Tohoku as a Redneck’s dialect. It links the many rural areas between Tokyo and Hokkaido. Modern Japanese find the dialect funny and weird but it is still part of the regional culture of Japan. [Continue Reading…]
Most foreigners learn ‘standard’ Japanese, but every region of Japan has its own local dialect (ben), as this short series of articles explores. The Hiroshima dialect has an undeserved reputation in Japan as being uncouth. This has little to do with grammatical or lexical divergence but [Continue Reading…]
Most foreigners learn ‘standard’ Japanese, but every region of Japan has its own local dialect (ben), as this short series of articles explores. Around halfway between Tokyo and Osaka is Nagoya, a City with a dialect that reflects its geographical location by having intonation similar to Kansai-ben, but accent similar to Tokyo-ben. [Continue Reading…]
Hokkaido Japanese dialect is a dialect spoken by people from the island of Hokkaido. Most terms or words come from dialects of Tohoku, Northwestern Honshu and the Ainu language. But urban areas such as Sapporo use the standard Japanese language. The Hokkaido Japanese dialect is mostly spoken in [Continue Reading…]
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