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°
Dialect comparison
Hiroshima-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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