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Dialect comparison

Hiroshima-ben vs Hokkaido-ben

Compare two dialects of Japanese side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.

Hiroshima-ben

Geibi dialect

The Chūgoku-region dialect of Hiroshima and surrounding Geibi area. Known to many Japanese viewers through Hiroshima-set film and television.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
34.39°, 132.46°
Hokkaido-ben

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.

Spoken in
Approximate centre
43.07°, 141.35°

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