Hokkaido dialect of Japanese

E76409

The Hokkaido dialect of Japanese is a regional variety of the Japanese language spoken in Japan’s northernmost island, influenced by Tohoku dialects, standard Japanese, and indigenous Ainu language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese dialect
regional dialect
variety of Japanese language
belongsTo Japanese dialect continuum
containsLoanwordsFrom Ainu language
containsRegionalVocabulary Hokkaido-specific lexical items
country Japan
culturalAssociation Hokkaido regional identity
geographicOrigin Japan’s northernmost main island
hasAlternativeName Hokkaido Japanese
Hokkaidō-ben
hasContactWith Ainu language
other Japanese regional dialects
hasFeature lexical items derived from Ainu toponyms and nature terms
hasSociolinguisticStatus considered close to Standard Japanese compared to many other regional dialects
hasSubvariety Sapporo dialect
rural Hokkaido dialects
historicalDevelopment developed after large-scale settlement of Hokkaido in the Meiji period
influencedBy Ainu language
Standard Japanese
Tohoku dialects
isTaughtAs part of regional language education and dialect awareness
languageCodeStatus has no separate ISO 639-3 code
languageFamily Japonic languages
lexicalInfluenceFrom Ainu language
mutualIntelligibilityWith Standard Japanese
phonologicalInfluenceFrom Tohoku dialects
region Hokkaido Prefecture NERFINISHED
northern Japan
sharesFeatureWith Standard Japanese
Tohoku dialects
spokenIn Hokkaido NERFINISHED
Japan
standardizationStatus not officially standardized separately from Standard Japanese
subfamily Japanese language
timePeriod modern Japanese
typologicalFeature subject–object–verb word order
use of Japanese pitch accent system
usedBy residents of Hokkaido
usedIn everyday conversation
local media
regional culture
usesScript Hiragana
Kanji
Katakana
writingSystem Japanese writing system

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Hokkaido dialect of Japanese ("Hokkaido Japanese")
hasAlternativeName
Hokkaido
regionalLanguage

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