Akita dialect

The Akita dialect (秋田弁, Akita-ben) is a Japanese dialect spoken in Akita Prefecture.

Akita dialect
秋田弁
Akita dialect area.
Native to	Japan
Region	Akita
Language family	Japonic Japanese Eastern Japanese Tōhoku Northern Akita dialect
Dialects	Northern Central Southern
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	akit1240
IETF	ja-u-sd-jp05

Classification

The dialect is a member of the Kita-Ōu dialect within the Tōhoku dialect of Eastern Japanese. It shares this grouping with dialects spoken in Aomori, north-central Iwate, coastal Yamagata and the Agakita region in Niigata Prefecture.

Sub-divisions

• Hokubu (northern): Spoken across Kizuno, Kita-Akita and Yamamoto.
• Chūōbu (central): Spoken in Minami-Akita and Kawabe.
• Nambu (southern): Spoken across Senboku, Hiraka, Ogachi and Yuri.

Examples

English	Standard Japanese	Akita dialect
I	watashi	oi
you	anata	ada, nga(impolite)
cute	kawaii	menke
countryside	inaka	jengo
warm	atatakai	nugi
money	(o-)kane	jenko, jen
forehead	hitai, (o-)deko	nazugi
cooked rice/meal	gohan	mama
penis	(o-)chinchin	gamo
liar	usotsuki	bashikogi
child	kodomo	warashi
use force	boryoku wo furuu	arageru
grow (plant)	sodatsu	ogaru
join	sanka suru	kadaru
go bankrupt	hasan suru	kamadokyasu
steal	nusumu	gameru
get angry	okoru	goshagu