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方言. Language and vocabulary differences between specific regions of Japan.

Applies to any question asking about differences in language between specific regions of Japan or definitions of specific words found in said region.

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How similar is the Japanese spoken in Taiwan to the Japanese spoken in Japan?

I've heard that Japanese is spoken by some Taiwanese people who were old enough to have lived during Japanese rule, along with some people who've learnt it for other reasons. For younger people, I've been told Mandarin or English would be the best…
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What are the most prominent features of Yamagata-ben?

I'll be visiting Yamagata City soon and would like to ask: as an armchair linguist what features of the local dialect to look out for? what are some common words, phrases, pronunciation differences that I could try to effect to make a nice…
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How many dialects are commonly used today?

Which dialects would one normally encounter when visiting/living in Japan (in popular places like Tokyo, Kyoto and and so on) or reading something produced in Japan?
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Can hiragana & katakana "spell" the sounds of all Japonic, etc. topolects?

Japan has a lot of topolects. Most of them are all classified under Japonic. These include Ryukyuan, Hachijō, Kyūshū and obviously eastern and western Japanese. Can hiragana & katakana "spell" the sounds of all Japonic, etc. topolects? Are there…
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What is the meaning of ですだ? 「こちらですだ」

こちらですだ This sentence is from Mirai Nikki episode 4. The character speaks some kind of dialect. The context is that she is showing the way to the protagonists. I don't understand the meaning of だ here.
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Final ん on a verb

I'm reading a book which I think use some dialect, not sure if Kansai or what else; there is a form I encountered a couple of times pages, and I'm not sure what it…
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Usage and Impression of きない vs. こない

In Japanese class, we were always taught that the negative of 来{く}る is 来{こ}ない (not きない). In Japan, though, I've heard several native speakers use きない. I have two questions about きない. Who uses きない? People from rural areas? Rural Tohoku and Kanto…
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What dialect is this?

This is a shot from a manga called 飴色{あめいろ}パラドックス by 夏目{なつめ}イサク. I was wondering what dialect the police-man was speaking in? I know he's in 田舎{いなか}/東北{とうほく} as that's all the mangaka specifies, but I was wondering if it was a specific dialect.…
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「ひゃっくり」ってどこの方言？

自分が普段使うのは"しゃっくり"です。しかし、しゃっくりと言ったら「ひゃっくりだよ」と注意されたことがあります。辞書ではそうなってはいないみたいです。 ひゃっくりとはどこの方言なのでしょうか。それとも、方言ですら無いのでしょうか。
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What dialects change ます into やす?

What dialects change ます into やす, as in these examples: 「何が出やしたか…？見ておくんなせェ」 「そう決めやしたね…？」 「ならあちらさんの勝ちだ…今夜は逮捕しやせん」 It appears to be Edo dialect. Is that correct?
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~ろ・~ろも・思うて・~たった in 越後 dialect (新潟弁?)

At the start of this book the family are stated to be from 亀田町{かめだまち}, an area which is now part of 新潟市{にいがたし}, but it's also set historically (1919 at the start of the book). I'm presuming the specific dialect used is 新潟弁 but I'm not 100%…
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Intelligibility between Tohoku dialects

I have heard that not only can people outside of Tohoku have trouble understanding the dialect, but I have also heard that people from different regions of Tohoku can't understand each other either. To what extent is this true? The common example I…
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Does the Japanese language have an American variant?

The phone below has a Choose language menu in which you can choose your language from a multitude of languages and variants, including 日本語（アメリカ合衆国）: QUESTION: Is there really an American Japanese language variant? If yes, how different is it from…
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「～だら」という一部遠州弁の使い方

For my understanding after being told by my friend what is だら means, its like でしょう in common mean but for most of the time my friends said ら to in another expression which I cannot notice. Could you explain to me deeper of how to use だら in another…
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Is 知{し}らんけど a phrase in every dialect or just kansai?

I was looking on a forum of some sorts and I saw people use 知{し}らんけど. After I looked it up, some of the results said it was from the kansai dialect. Is this common throughout or just in kansai?
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