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Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
dialect
A dialect is a Variety (linguistics), variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standard language, standardized varieties as well as Vernacular language, vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardize ...
spoken in
Akita Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in ; "Tōhoku" in . Its population is estimated 915,691 as of 1 August 2023 and its geographi ...
.
Classification
The dialect is a member of the Kita-Ōu dialect group within the
Tōhoku dialect of
Eastern Japanese. Other dialects in the group include dialects spoken in
Aomori
, officially Aomori City (, ), is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 264,945 in 136,781 households, and a population density of 321 people per squa ...
, north-central
Iwate, coastal
Yamagata and the Agakita region in
Niigata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,131,009 (1 July 2023) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area ...
.
Sub-divisions
* Hokubu (northern): Spoken across
Kazuno
is a cities of Japan, city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 28,329 in 12,570 households, and a population density of 40 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Kazuno is located in ...
,
Kita-Akita and
Yamamoto.
* Chūōbu (central): Spoken in
Minami-Akita and
Kawabe.
* Nambu (southern): Spoken across
Senboku,
Hiraka,
Ogachi and
Yuri.
Examples
See also
*
Matagi dialect
References
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Japanese dialects
Culture in Akita Prefecture