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°
Dialect comparison
Hakata-ben vs Tōhoku-ben
Compare two dialects of Japanese side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
Tōhoku dialect · Zūzū-ben
The dialects of north-eastern Honshu around Sendai. Distinguished by reduced vowel contrasts and merged sibilants — historically caricatured as "zūzū-ben".
- Approximate centre
- 38.27°, 140.87°
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