Dialect comparison

Hiroshima-ben vs Kansai-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.

Approximate centre
34.39°, 132.46°
Kansai-ben

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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