Kansai dialect

Under Kansai dialect (关 西 弁Japanese, Kansai - ben ), also Kinki dialect (近畿 方言, Kinki Hōgen ), those dialects grouped together, in the Kinki region ( Kansai area ) are spoken.

Within the Kansai dialect, there are local variations, but all have a common, placing the emphasis on Japanese words ( Kyoto - accent) for the indicator.

Various Kansai dialects:

  • Ōmi dialect (近 江 弁) in the area of the historical county Ōmi
  • Kyoto dialect (京都 弁) in Kyoto and therefore (historical province of Yamashiro )
  • Maizuru dialect (舞 鹤 弁) in Maizuru and in succession (southwest Fukui )
  • Tamba dialect (丹波 弁) in the field of historic province of Tamba
  • Ise dialect (伊 势 弁) in the field of historic province of Ise Shima dialect (志摩 弁) in the south of the Shima Peninsula
  • Semba - Kotoba (船 场 言葉) in Semba in Chūō -ku
  • Settsu dialect (摂 津 弁) in the area of the historical county Settsu
  • Kawachi dialect (河内 弁) in the field of historic province of Kawachi
  • Senshu dialect (泉州 弁) in the area of the historical county Izumi
  • Totsukawa dialect (十津川 弁) in the south of Yoshino -gun

Special

  • In the Kansai region, some words are intoned unlike in Kantō. Example: In the other, the word for bridge (桥) on the first syllable is higher stresses ( hashi ), while the word for chopsticks (箸) on the last syllable ( hashi ) is intoned accordingly. This represents the reversal of the usual pronunciation in Kantō
  • Use the endings- in or -hen/-n as negation. Examples: verb dekiru ( can ) take dekinai Dekin / dekehen / dekihin instead wakaranai wakaran / wakarahen / wakarehen
  • Use the suffix ya as a replacement for here ( Example: This is where Osaka: Osaka Are ga ya)
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