Tōkai–Tōsan dialects
Tōkai–Tōsan Japanese | |
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Chūbu dialect | |
Native to | Japan |
Region | Chūbu |
Japonic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | toka1245 |
Chartreuse: the transitional Tōkai–Tōsan dialects (Gifu–Aichi and Echigo), with both Eastern and Western features. Green: prototypical Eastern Japanese dialects (Yamanashi, Nagano, Eastern Shizuoka). |
The Tōkai–Tōsan dialect (
Nagano–Yamanashi–Shizuoka[edit]
The Nagano–Yamanashi–Shizuoka a.k.a. Na-Ya-Shi dialects are spoken in Nagano Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture. It is characterized by a presumptive suffix -zura or -ra.
- Nagano a.k.a. Shinshū dialect (Nagano Prefecture)
- Okushinano dialect (Sakae, the northernmost village)
- Hokushin dialect (northern area)
- Tōshin dialect (eastern area)
- Chūshin dialect (central area)
- Nanshin dialect (southern area)
- Shizuoka dialect (Shizuoka Prefecture especially central area)
- Izu dialect (eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, formerly known as Izu Province)
- Enshū dialect (western Shizuoka Prefecture, formerly known as Tōtōmi Province)
- Kōshū a.k.a. Yamanashi dialect (Yamanashi Prefecture, especially western area)
Echigo[edit]
The Echigo dialect is spoken in mainly Niigata Prefecture, formerly known as Echigo Province except north of the Agano River.
- Niigata dialect (city of Niigata)
- Nagaoka dialect (central Niigata Prefecture, centered Nagaoka)
- Jōetsu dialect (western Niigata Prefecture, centered Jōetsu)
- Uonuma dialect (southern Niigata Prefecture)
Gifu–Aichi[edit]
The Gifu–Aichi a.k.a. Gi–A dialects are spoken in Gifu Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture. They share many grammar features with Western Japanese.
- Mino dialect (southern Gifu Prefecture, formerly known as Mino Province)
- Hida dialect (northern Gifu Prefecture, formerly known as Hida Province)
- Owari dialect (western Aichi Prefecture, formerly known as Owari Province)
- Chita dialect (along the Chita Peninsula)
- Nagoya dialect (Nagoya)
- Mikawa dialect (eastern Aichi Prefecture, formerly known as Mikawa Province)
Language islands[edit]
Mountain village dialects that retain fragments of Eastern Old Japanese.
- Akiyamago dialect (Akiyamago area straddling Sakae, Nagano and Tsunan, Niigata)
- Narada dialect (Narada village in Hayakawa, Yamanashi)
- Ikawa dialect (the upper reaches of the Ōi River in Shizuoka)
In popular culture[edit]
- At the beginning of the movie Your Name the teacher teaches students differences between the standard Japanese language and the Tōkai-Tōsan dialect.