Fukuoka dialect
The dialect of Fukuoka and the Hakata district on northern Kyushu. Recognisable for sentence-final particles like "to" and "tai".
- Approximate centre
- 33.59°, 130.40°
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Hakata-ben vs Hokkaido-ben
Compare two dialects of Japanese side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
The variety spoken across Hokkaido. A relatively young dialect shaped by 19th-century settlement, mostly close to Standard Japanese but with Tōhoku and coastal influences.
- Approximate centre
- 43.07°, 141.35°
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