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 Kansai-ben
Compare two dialects of Japanese side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
Kansai dialect · Kinki dialect · Osaka-ben
The major dialect group of the Kansai region, with Osaka as its modern centre. Strongly distinct from Tokyo Japanese in pitch accent, copula forms, and idiom. Kyoto-ben is treated separately here.
- Approximate centre
- 34.69°, 135.50°
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