Perceptual Dialect
Maps of Japan| Informant Group | Kanto | Aichi | Gifu | Kanazawa | Kansai | Hiroshima | Fukuoka | Kagoshima | Older Kansai infs. |
| Home Region
Percentages Color-key |
"Tokyo-ben"
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"Nagoya-ben"
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"Gifu-ben"
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"Kanazawa-ben"
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"Osaka-ben"
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"Hiroshima-ben"
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"Hakata-ben"
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"Osaka-ben"
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| Hyper-lects
Color-key |
"Kanto-ben"
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"Kansai-ben"
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"Kyushu-ben"
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"Kyushu-ben"
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"Kansai-ben"
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| Neighboring Dialects
Color-key |
"Tohoku-ben"
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"Mikawa-ben"
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"Nagoya-ben"
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"Toyama-ben"
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"Kyoto-ben"
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"Tosa-ben"
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"Kagoshima-ben"
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"Hakata-ben"
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"Kyoto-ben"
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"Chubu"
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"Owari"
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"Hokuriku"
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"Fukui-ben"
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"Nagoya-ben"
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"Hakata-ben"
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"Hiroshima-ben"
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"Okinawa-ben"
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"Nagoya-ben"
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| "Tokyo-ben"
color key |
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| "Kanto-ben"
color key |
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| "Kansai-ben"
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This page was created by Daniel Long. The maps were produced using PDQ (Perceptual Dialect Quantifier for Windows 95), designed by Daniel Long and programmed by Isao Onishi.
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