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The dialects (方言, hōgen) of the Japanese language fall into two primary clades, Eastern (including modern capital Tokyo) and Western (including old capital Kyoto), with the dialects of Kyushu and Hachijō Island often distinguished as additional branches, the latter perhaps the most divergent of all. [1]
The most widely spoken language in Japan is Japanese, which is separated into several dialects with Tokyo dialect considered Standard Japanese. In addition to the Japanese language, Ryūkyūan languages are spoken in Okinawa and parts of Kagoshima in the Ryūkyū Islands .
The Tokyo dialect (Tōkyō hōgen, Tōkyō-ben, Tōkyō-go (東京方言, 東京弁, 東京語)) is a variety of Japanese language spoken in modern Tokyo. As a whole, it is generally considered to be Standard Japanese , though specific aspects of slang or pronunciation can vary by area and social class.
In Japanese, Kansai-ben is the common name and it is called Kinki dialect (近畿方言, Kinki-hōgen) in technical terms. The dialects of Kyoto and Osaka are known as Kamigata dialect ( 上方言葉 , Kamigata kotoba , or Kamigata-go ( 上方語 ) ) , and were particularly referred to as such in the Edo period .
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The Nagasaki dialect (Japanese: 長崎弁 Nagasaki ben) is the name given to the dialect of Japanese spoken on the mainland part of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu. It is a major dialect of the wider Hichiku group of Kyushu Japanese , with similarities to the Chikuzen (including Hakata ) and Kumamoto dialects , among others.
75 of the Most Common Japanese Last Names and Their Meanings. Vanessa Hall. January 21, 2024 at 6:35 AM. Japan is a profoundly urbanized country, and one of the most densely populated. Its ...
The bound auxiliaries -n (-ん), -hen (-へん), -sen (-せん), -yan (-やん) and -ran (-らん) are all used to express negation in the Kishu dialect, although -n is the most widely used. -yan is also found in the Mie and Nara dialects and is common across much of the Kishu dialect area, except for in more mountainous areas.