Yamagata dialect
Yamagata dialect | |
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Murayama dialect | |
Native to | Japan |
Region | Yamagata |
Japonic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | yama1262 [1] |
The Yamagata dialect (山形弁 Yamagata-ben?) is the local dialect spoken in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It is a form of Tōhoku-ben, and can itself be broken down into sub-regional branches that vary from area to area within Yamagata.
Yamagata-ben was used for comic effect in the Japanese film Swing Girls, 2004, to suggest that the film was set in a rural, 'backward' location. However, some Yamagata residents feel that the film used the dialect in an unnatural and patronising way. The dialect has also had Japan-wide exposure through Daniel Kahl, an American who has made a TV career as the gaijin talent who can speak fluent Yamagata-ben.
Lista of Yamagata-ben words
List of Yamagata-ben words although not all of which are spoken throughout the prefecture:
- oshoushina - thank you
- oshoshi- thanks
- arigatou sama - thank you
- sasukune - no problem/ you're welcome
- domosu - thank you / greeting
- kiyotsu - take care
- ohayosu - G'morning
- oban desu - Good evening
- obanwasu - G'morning
- oban kata - Good evening
- hisashibe - it's been a while (since we last met)
- n dasu - it is so
- n da - yes
- n ne - no
- na shite -why is this?
- omoshaibe - interesting
- muzurikado -difficult
- jonda - great! skillful!
- igube - let's go
- aibe - let's go
- migi sa muzaru- turn right
- migi sa mujiru- turn right
- hidari sa muzaru- turn left
- hidari sa mujiru- turn left
- shaikosunna- stop interfering/bothering me
- sawannazu!- don't touch me!
- tentsu- lie
- agarashai - welcome
- ke- a statement made to offer one food
- ku- a statement made accepting one's offer of food
- ~nan da be? (~nan desu ka?) - ...is what?
- n dakara - therefore
- agae/agayae- please eat
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