Kyushu dialect
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The Kyushu dialect is a group of Japanese regional speech varieties spoken on Japan’s Kyushu island, known for distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar that can be hard for speakers of standard Japanese to understand.
Aliases (8)
- Buzen dialect ×1
- Chikugo dialect ×1
- Hakata dialect ×1
- Hichiku dialect group ×1
- Higo dialect ×1
- Kumamoto dialect ×1
- Kyushu-ben ×1
- Satsugu dialect ×1
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese dialect
→
regional dialect group → |
| belongsToDialectGroup |
Western Japanese dialects
→
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| consideredDifficultFor |
speakers of Standard Japanese
→
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| degreeOfIntelligibility |
can be difficult for speakers of Standard Japanese to understand
→
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| hasAlternativeName |
Kyushu-ben
→
Kyūshū hōgen → |
| hasDistinctiveFeature |
consonant differences from Standard Japanese
→
copula variation → distinctive grammar → distinctive pronunciation → distinctive vocabulary → honorific usage differences → interrogative form variation → lexical items not used in Standard Japanese → negative form variation → pitch accent differences from Standard Japanese → sentence-final particle variation → verb conjugation differences → vowel quality differences from Standard Japanese → |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus |
marker of local identity in Kyushu
→
non-standard variety of Japanese → |
| hasSubDialect |
Buzen dialect
→
Chikugo dialect → Hakata dialect → Hichiku dialect group → Higo dialect → Hōnichi dialect group → Kagoshima dialect → Kumamoto dialect → Miyazaki dialect → Nagasaki dialect → Oita dialect → Saga dialect → Satsugu dialect → Satsugū dialect group → |
| hasWritingSystem |
Japanese writing system
→
|
| languageFamily |
Japonic languages
→
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| mutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Japanese
→
|
| partOf |
Japanese language
→
|
| spokenIn |
Kyushu
→
|
| spokenInCountry |
Japan
→
|
| spokenInRegion |
Fukuoka Prefecture
NERFINISHED
→
Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED → Kumamoto Prefecture NERFINISHED → Miyazaki Prefecture NERFINISHED → Nagasaki Prefecture NERFINISHED → Oita Prefecture NERFINISHED → Saga Prefecture → parts of Yamaguchi Prefecture → |
| spokenOnIsland |
Kyushu
→
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| usedFor |
regional identity expression
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| usedIn |
everyday conversation in Kyushu
→
local media in Kyushu → |
| usesScript |
Hiragana
→
Kanji → Katakana → |
Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Kyushu dialect
("Hakata dialect")
→
Kyushu dialect ("Chikugo dialect") → Kyushu dialect ("Buzen dialect") → Kyushu dialect ("Kumamoto dialect") → Kyushu dialect ("Higo dialect") → Kyushu dialect ("Satsugu dialect") → Kyushu dialect ("Hichiku dialect group") → |
hasSubDialect |
|
Kyushu dialect
("Kyushu-ben")
→
|
hasAlternativeName |
|
Japanese
→
|
hasDialects |