Yamagata dialect
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 be broken down into sub-regional branches that vary from area to area within Yamagata.
| Yamagata dialect | |
|---|---|
| Murayama dialect | |
| Native to | Japan |
| Region | Yamagata |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | yama1262[1] |
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.
References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yamagata". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.